Co-trainer Pam Gerard is weighing up her options with talented filly Tokorangi (NZ) (Redwood).
The daughter of Redwood holds nominations for Te Rapa’s two three-year-old features on Saturday, the Gr.2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m) and the Gr.2 David and Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m).
“All week I was probably going to go to the Guineas but then I looked last night and this morning and thought that the way they are going, maybe the fillies was the way to go,” said Gerard, who trains in partnership with Mike Moroney.
“I knew Andrew Scott’s horse was going the other way and a few of the others like Save To Love.
“But they have paid up for the filles race as well so I’m thinking of switching back to the Guineas. I have a far better draw there.
“We ummed and ahed about paying up for both but it is a tough one.”
It will be the first time Tokorangi is tested over further than a mile though Gerard doesn’t think the step up in distance will worry her.
“I don’t think on the way that she has been racing that it will be a problem,” she said. “On her breeding she should just come right into it.
“She hasn’t helped herself in the past, she gets back a long way and has had a lot of trouble getting through traffic.
“At the moment, from my point of view, she is getting stronger every time. Earlier on she was just a bit weak and had a good think about things. Whatever she does here, when she gets to Aussie she will only get better.”
