Elevenses Recovers From Slight Leg Injury
- Friday, 13 September 2002 00:00
"She gave her leg a bang while working at the track on Friday morning and we had to scratch her," said co-trainer Graeme Sanders.
"She's got over it and strode out well at the track on Tuesday," said Sanders.
Elevenses finished an eye-catching fresh-up third over 1200m at Ellerslie last month.
"The step up to 1400m tomorrow and the conditions of the race will be ideal for her," he said.
The winner of the Group One 1000 Guineas two years ago, Elevenses didn't perform up to her true potential last season.
"We tried her in longer races and found she couldn't really stay. This season she won't be going past 2000m," he said.
Mark Sweeney is booked for the mount on Elevenses in tomorrow's fillies and mares event.
The Sanders stable will also be focused on the two-year-old race at Pukekohe tomorrow with recent Wanganui winner Romar Dale.
"He was impressive in winning at Wanganui and the trip away has made him quite a little pro," said Sanders.
At Hastings tomorrow the Sanders-trained filly, Danceinthesun, will be strongly fancied in
the $50,000 Highview Stakes which opens the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly Of The Year
series.
Danceinthesun was the highest-rated juvenile filly in New Zealand last season, winning the
Group Three Ford 2YO Classic at New Plymouth and beating all but Grout in the Group One
Ford Ellerslie Sires' Produce Stakes.
"She has really strengthened up since her two-year-old campaign and she is forward
for Hastings," Sanders said. "I think she will develop into a nice staying filly
this season."
Gary Grylls will continue his association with Danceinthesun in tomorrow's 1200m Group
Three event.
Stablemate Lady Dehere is on the easy list and will miss the Highview Stakes.
"She didn't come through her Wanganui race all that well so she's having a three-week
break," he said.
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