Our Alley Cat will have several disadvantages to contend with in the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, but trainer Vicki Prendergast hopes the score can be evened out with Opie Bosson on board.
Our Alley Cat will be out to keep her stakes-winning momentum going when she heads to Pukekohe on Saturday for the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m).
Previously a five-time placegetter at Group level, classy mare Our Alley Cat broke through and secured her first stakes win in style in Saturday’s Gr.3 Valley D’Vine Restaurant Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings.
Hastings is set to put on a stunning spring raceday for the grand finale of the Colliers Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival, the thoroughbred action headlined by the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m).
Underrated mare Belclare will head to the paddock with the title of Group One winner now firmly attached to her career record after blitzing her rivals in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Pukekohe.