Queensland Oaks winner Scarlett Lady continues to please trainer Graeme Rogerson ahead of an ambitious spring campaign which begins in the Grp 1 Challenge Stakes at Hastings on Aug 27. NZ T'bred News says Scarlett Lady will have an exhibition gallop in NZ before making her comeback in the 1200m feature in which she will clash with two of New Zealand's best, Grp 1 winners Wall Street and Jimmy Choux.Boom New Zealand apprentice James McDonald is set to continue his association with the daughter o
Queensland Oaks winner Scarlett Lady continues to please trainer Graeme Rogerson ahead of an ambitious spring campaign which begins in the Grp 1 Challenge Stakes at Hastings on Aug 27. NZ T'bred News says Scarlett Lady will have an exhibition gallop in NZ before making her comeback in the 1200m feature in which she will clash with two of New Zealand's best, Grp 1 winners Wall Street and Jimmy Choux.
Boom New Zealand apprentice James McDonald is set to continue his association with the daughter of Savabeel after winning six times on the filly. Graeme Rogerson gave Scarlett Lady a short break following her Queensland Oaks triumph at Eagle Farm in June and has no regrets about not extending her winter campaign to include the Grp 1 Queensland Derby, won by stablemate Shootoff. He says: "She only had two and a half weeks off after the Oaks and she's going to gallop between races before she returns in the Challenge Stakes...She'll be competitive in anything she runs in this campaign. She certainly is a pretty good filly and she looks good...She has put on some weight since the Oaks in Brisbane and after the Challenge Stakes she'll go to Australia and run in the Underwood Stakes and then the Turnbull before the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.'