Trainer Stephen Marsh will give good consideration to options in Queensland with exciting three-year-old filly Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel).
The daughter of Savabeel has won four races in succession, including the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) and Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton.
“She has gone to the next level,” Marsh said.
“I was a bit heart in my mouth on Saturday (in the Warstep) when she was a clear last and looked like she might have been under a bit of pressure momentarily, but she quickened up well.
“She ran a faster last 600m than the open sprinters. She is just winning with so much authority.”
Sporting the colours of syndicators Go Racing, Atishu was making her way back to Cambridge on Wednesday and should she make the Queensland carnival is likely to be the sole representative from the Marsh stable.
“She is on her way home now to the farm. I’m going to have a look at her tomorrow and then we will make a call over the next few days whether we go to Australia,” Marsh said.
“It is a big call to go, obviously with the flights the way they are we couldn’t fly to Christchurch and had to float all the way down and all the way home, so we want to make sure she is 110 percent.
“We will know how we are travelling after the weekend. If we do get her to Australia she is one well worth going.”
