NZ horse to follow: Vellous is marvellous

From NEIL FRANKLYNMAWAH VELLOUS5yo bay mareTrainer: Donna & Dean LoganRaceday record: 16 starts - 3 wins, 4 seconds, 1 thirdWin distance range: 1200m - 2100mTrack conditions won on: Dead : SlowUseful middle-distance performer who's been in very good form during a limited winter campaign and looks well capable of easing through the hack grades before the rock-hard summer tracks make an appearance. The daughter of Southern Image is trained at the northern beach resort of Ruakaka and her best f

From NEIL FRANKLYN

MAWAH VELLOUS
5yo bay mare

Trainer: Donna & Dean Logan

Raceday record: 16 starts - 3 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third

Win distance range: 1200m - 2100m

Track conditions won on: Dead : Slow

Useful middle-distance performer who's been in very good form during a limited winter campaign and looks well capable of easing through the hack grades before the rock-hard summer tracks make an appearance. The daughter of Southern Image is trained at the northern beach resort of Ruakaka and her best form has come at her home surface where track conditions are typically better than elsewhere at this time of year. She cleared R65 company there in early August, but found the conditions far too heavy in her subsequent start at New Plymouth. She made amends on her home track next up when fighting like a trooper to secure an R85 event in the hands of class rider Mark du Plessis.