White Hoping Plan Comes Together In Guineas
- Friday, 22 January 2010 00:25
The Gary White trained Feerique will contest the $30,000 Acelands Stud 1000 Guineas, a listed three-year-old event, at Launceston this Sunday.
White has had this race in his sights since the Al Maher filly won in impressive style as a two-year-old this time last year.
"She was always going to be better at three," White said this morning after trackwork.
"She won her maiden on Hobart Cup day last year with Nicholas Hall in the saddle and we decided to tip her straight out and let her mature with a view to qualifying her for the 1000 Guineas."
The plan has come together well for White with the last start winner in peak fitness and drawing well for the listed event.
"Everything has gone to plan," he said.
"When we expected her to win, she did and conversely when we have expected her to find the distance too short etc she has run fairly - but to our liking."
To win the three-year-old fillies feature Feerique will have to defeat the unbeaten Outlaw Oakley trained by Mark Ganderton and to be ridden by his nephew Daniel Ganderton, along with White's other runner Fine Dimple.
"Fine Dimple has won her last two and is a very tough filly," said White.
"But Feerique may be better suited over the 1600m whereas I believe Fine Dimple will excel over 2100m."
"Outlaw Oakley couldn't have done anymore than it has but I honestly believe that whatever beats Feerique will win the race," he added.
Feerique has already earned over $30,000 in prizemoney from just the nine starts and a win in the listed event will give the filly some well earned black type.
"David and Louise, the fillies owners, give all their horses the best chance of reaching their potential and they deserve all the feature success that they can get," said White who is also preparing promising derby chance Ebbing for the couple in next Saturdays $200,000 Group 3 Cadbury Tasmanian Derby.
Photo By Fiona Tomlin
