Get ready to see the best of classy mare Rockinwithattitude.
Trainer-driver David Miles insists his stable star will bounce back from a couple of uncharacteristic runs and run a mighty race in tomorrow’s $NZ500,000 Group 1 Dominion Trot at Addington.
“She just didn’t handle the (flat) track at Kaikoura and she was too fresh as well,” he said.
“She’s really come on since and the way she worked the other day, she’s right back to her best.
“Gus is going to be very hard to beat, but if he has some bad luck, I’m sure we can take advantage of it.
“It’s hard to line up the locals, but we know how good this mare is at her best and I think you’ll see her best this week.”
Miles admits part of him is also looking ahead to Friday’s Group 1 NZ Trotting free-for-all.
“That was always going to be the most suitable race of the week for her because it’s a mobile (start) and she’s so quick out,” he said.
“Hopefully our luck turns in the barrier draws and she gets a good front row draw.”
Miles is contemplating extending Rockinwithattitude’s NZ campaign.
“It’s an option,” he said. “I’ve got some thinking to do because there’s a Group 1 mares’ trotting race up north (Auckland) and she’d be a standout in that.
“But I’ve got to think about how that fits with the big races back home early next year.
“It would mean staying in NZ another month and mean we couldn’t really get any break between that and when the big races start at home.
“With some of the stars sidelined and Gus not going to the Victorian races, she’s going to be one of the key players in all those races at home.”
