Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have sent Group One winner True Enough (NZ) (Nom du Jeu) out for a spell after two sub-par performances this spring.
The Nom Du Jeu gelding rose to stardom last season with victories in the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2000m), Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) and Gr.3 Spring Sprint (1400m), along with placings in the Gr.1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m), Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) and New Zealand Stakes (2000m).
However, this season he has finished last in both the Spring Sprint and the Gr.2 Tauranga Stakes (1600m).
“We’ve sent him out for a spell,” Forsman said. “For whatever reason, he just doesn’t seem to have come up in this preparation.
“We can’t really fault him physically at the moment, but it’s been clear in his two races that he just hasn’t come back at the level he’s capable of.
“So we’ll give him a nice break and try again a bit later on. We have no firm plans for him at this stage, we’ll just see how things go with him.”
