The Keith and Gavin Opie-trained Back In A Flash recorded her seventh win from just 13 starts, and first in open company, at Ellerslie on Saturday and she will now be set to tackle the Gr.3 Rich Hill Stud Taranaki Breeders (1400m) at Hawera next month.
“We haven’t got a big prep in-mind for her this time round,” Keith Opie said.
“We have got one more race left and then we will revise things. It will be in that fillies and mares race at Taranaki.
“It’s not for about four or five weeks, but that has been our plan.”
While Opie is focused on next month’s assignment, the Te Aroha conditioner said he would ultimately like to get to the Gr.1 NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at his home track next year with the five-year-old mare.
“Our aim next autumn will be our own race at home. If we are lucky enough to have a start in it and have a chance, that’s the plan,” he said.
“She is just starting to be a racehorse now, she is starting to toughen up. She had to rely on a bit of heart the other day and all of a sudden it was there.”
