Class sprinter Platinum Attack showed he is right on target for some of the big summer sprints with a comprehensive victory in the Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m) at Ellerslie.
Everest Day at Randwick has become one of the centrepieces of the Australasian racing calendar, and Saturday’s edition will once again have plenty of Kiwi flavour.
There will just be one Central Districts representative in Saturday’s Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie, and trainer Lisa Latta is hopeful one is enough to claim the lion’s share of the $400,000 purse.
Talented sprinter Platinum Attack finally got the track conditions and racing luck he deserved when taking out the Listed CareVets NZ Lightning Handicap (1200m) at Trentham.
Still coming down from the high of taking out last weekend’s Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m), trainer Lisa Latta is hoping to quickly add to her stakes haul over the long weekend.
Lisa Latta is often a force to be reckoned with when she takes her horses to Riccarton for New Zealand Cup Week and hopes this year will be no exception.
