Former northern galloper Witz End made his presence felt when winning the Listed Property Brokers – Ray Kean Hazlett Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui on Saturday.
Slipper Island put together a picket fence form line down the Trentham chute last season and he’ll be aiming to pick up where he left off at the Upper Hutt venue on Saturday.
“He’ll take plenty of improvement out of his trial and he is a horse that I think the Coupland’s on a big, roomy track, especially with a firm surface, would be ideal.”
Progressive galloper Rudyard has another victory to add to the win column in his career record after a dramatic finish to the feature race at Pukekohe.
