Lachlan Neindorf will be travelling north to ride the classy South Australian mare En Francais in Saturday’s Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1600m) on the Sunshine Coast.
Neindorf has ridden the mare in four of her five wins, including her impressive last-start victory in the Group 3 Cummings Stakes (1600m) in May.
He expressed his hopes that the recent wet weather in the Sunshine State clears up.
“Hopefully they go ahead,” Neindorf told Racing SA.
“It’s touch and go at this stage but I fly up there Friday morning and hopefully she runs well,” he said.
En Francais failed to meet her $350,000 reserve at the Magic Millions Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast in late May, which prompted connections to leave her in Queensland with David Vandyke.
The rising seven-year-old trialed nicely on the Gold Coast recently, marking her first time racing in the opposite direction.
“She looked pretty good given it was her first time going the other way,” Neindorf said.
“It’s my first time riding that direction, but I’m looking forward to the opportunity.”
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