Heavy fog at Rosehill on Tuesday morning made it tricky for trial watchers in early heats, but it’s not hard to spot the all cerise even in the gloom and we also saw a filly that might be a new Home Affairs winner before the end of the season.
Six heats were won by juveniles that included recent metro winner Helldeva (Hellbent), who had a tick over trial that resulted in an easy win with other heat winners including a couple to take note of.
The Tom Charlton trained Home Affairs filly Coco Affair has a good record at the trials and has raced once for a third in a strong metro maiden back in March. She was having her second trial this prep and looked thoroughly professional in scoring by half a length for Chad Schofield.
A $260,000 Magic Millions purchase from Mill Park, Coco Affairs is a half-sister to G3 placed Written Swoosh and three more winners being from a winning half-sister to Champion 2YO Filly Away Game.
Chris Waller doesn’t send out a lot of juvenile trial winners, but Wootton Bassett (GB) filly Elstead didn’t need much encouragement to surge between runners and take a narrow win at her second trial outing, while her stablemate Rocket Girl (I Am Invincible) also looked good with a late closing third.
Elstead carries the all cerise of the Ingham family and is the latest member of the Fangirl clan to hit the track. She is the first foal of Dancing Gidget, a multiple metro winning half-sister by Al Maher to Fangirl and to the dam of stakes-winner Cigar Flick.
Grand-dam Little Surfer Girl, a stakes-winning daughter of Encosta de Lago, has founded a dynasty for the Ingham family and while Fangirl stands head and shoulders above the rest, it’s a family that continues to yield smart winners such as Surf’s Up, who won at Rosehill last Saturday.
Additional winners were: Courthezon (Captivant), The Puzzle (Lean Mean Machine) and Stronghold (Harry Angel (IRE).
Click here for all the trial results at Breednet with Sale Mail and at Racing NSW with video.
