Trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are looking forward to the spring with New Zealand-bred mare Impecunious (NZ) (Sacred Falls).
The daughter of Sacred Falls placed in both the Gr.2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) and Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill in autumn and her trainers believe she is capable of her first stakes scalp this spring.
Impecunious pleased when winning her 760m jumpout on the synthetic track at Cranbourne on Monday and will likely have another next week before her raceday resumption.
Busuttin and Young are eyeing the Gr.2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington as their mare’s first major assignment of spring.
“She’s come back really well actually, she’s filled out a lot more and she’s carrying more condition, which is what you expect after having a nice, long break,” Young told Racing.com.
“That was her first trial this time in and she may have another at the officials next Monday.
“She’ll kick off at Sandown, I think it’s a benchmark 78 handicap over 1300m where she’ll carry a bit of weight and then her target will be the Let’s Elope Stakes at Flemington.
“She’s still quite sharp and she’s normally pretty good those first couple of runs in her preparation.
“We’ll look at races over a mile and 2000m after that and see what there is for her.”
Impecunious was initially trained in New Zealand by Michael and Matthew Pitman for whom she won impressively at Riccarton prior to her partial sale to Australia, with South Island owner Chris Griffin remaining in the ownership.
