The Southland Times

Top mare Brisbane bound

- NZ Racing Desk

Volpe Veloce will chase top Australian­VolpeVeloc­ehonourswi­llchaseat thetop Australian­Queensland winterhono­urscarniva­l.atthe Queensland­Thehigh-winterclas­s four-carnival.yearoldThe­brokehigh-throughcla­ssfour-atyear-the oldhighest­brokelevel­throughdur­ingheratsu­m-the merhighest­campaignle­velduringw­henhershes­um-won themerGrou­pcampaignI­Railwaywhe­nshe(1200m)won ontheNewGr.1Year’sRailwayDa­y(1200m)andwasona lucklessNe­wYear’sseventhDa­yinandthe Groupwasa IlucklessT­elegraphse­venth(1200m).in the Gr.1 TelegraphH­erEllersli­e(1200m).success completedH­erherEller­sliefullho­usesuccess­ofblackcom­typepleted­creditsher­fullfollow­inghouseof­Groupblack II,typeGroupc­redits followingI­IIand GroupListe­d successesT­wo,GrouplastT­hreeseason.and Listed successesV­olpeVeloce­lastseason.was given a breakVolpe­afterVeloc­eherTelegr­aphwasgive­nout-a ingbreakan­dafterisin­hertheTele­graphearly­stagesouto­fing andheris inpreparat­iontheearl­ystagesfor Brisbane.ofherBrisb­ane preparatio­n.

‘‘She’s in pre-training and Gavin Parker, my training partner, saw her the other day and he said she looks great,’’ Matamata conditione­r Graeme Richardson said.

‘‘She may have one race here before she goes and we’ll be looking at the Stradbroke and the Tatts Tiara.’’

The GroupGr.1 I Stradbroke Handicap (1350m) will be run at Eagle Farm on June 9 with the Gr.Group1Tatt­s ITiaraTatt­s(1600m)Tiaraat (the1600m)GoldatCoas­ttheGoldaf­ortnightCo­asta fortnightl­ater. later.

Meanwhile, stablemate­s Xbox and Wildflower will be chasing domesticdo­mesticGrou­pGroupIOne­autumnautu­mntitlesti­tleswithwi­ththethefo­rmerformer­a leadingale­adingVodaf­oneVodafon­eNewNew Zealand Derby (2400m) prospect and the latter a genuine Auckland Cup (3200m) hope.

Xbox boosted his classic credential­s when he won the GroupGr.2 IIWaikatoW­aikato Guineas (2000m) at his last start.start. ‘‘He’s a chance‘‘He’s foraBrisba­nechanceas well,for Brisbanede­pendingasw­hatwell,happensdep­endingin whattheDer­by,’’happensRic­hardsonint­heDerby,’’said. Richardson­ListedJakk­alberrysai­d. Classic (1950m)Listedwinn­erJakkalbe­rryWildflo­werClassic (went1950m)to anotherwin­ner levelWildf­lowerather wentlatest­toappearan­ceanotherl­evelwhenat hershe latestchas­edappearan­ceLizzieL’Amourwhenh­omeshe inchasedth­e LizzieGr.1 L’AmourHerbi­e homeDyke inStakesth­e Group(2000m).IHerbie‘‘That wasDykea Stakesterr­ific (effort2000­m).and‘‘Thatshe’swascomea terrificth­rougheffor­titwell,’’andRichard­sonshe’scome throughsai­d. it well.’’

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