Multiple Group Three winner Supreme Heights (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) was back in action at the Taupo trials on Tuesday, running out a comfortable winner of her 1225m heat.
The Mark Brosnan-trained mare is being readied for the weight-for-age Gr.3 Rydges Rotorua Stakes (1400m) for fillies and mares on May 15.
“We were happy with her trial. She did enough and I would have been disappointed if she couldn’t win like she did, but she did it well and had a good blow,” Brosnan said.
“I am still a little bit concerned not having a race leading into that run but in handicap races now, she just gets loaded with weight. I don’t really want to run her with 62kgs on her back.”
Supreme Heights is rated 99 and has been a model of consistency throughout her career, winning seven of her 19 starts and placing on a further five occasions, however the daughter of Jimmy Choux does prefer some easing in the ground.
“She raced on Matamata Breeders’ Stakes Day and jarred up a bit on the ground that day,” Brosnan said.
“Our plans were to go to the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (Gr.1, 1600m) at Te Aroha but she had a couple of weeks out after jarring up and we brought her back up with this race at Rotorua in mind.
“She has had two starts at Rotorua for two wins. She obviously likes the place and Rotorua is one of those courses that if they like it, they invariably go well there.”
Brosnan didn’t rule out a tilt at the Queensland carnival, but the Matamata horseman was keen to see how the mare fared at Rotorua and also had to discuss the options with the owners.
