Yin Dragon on fire in greys

THE continued wet tracks might have most trainers hoping for a change in the weather but for some, the extended winter conditions are proving profitable.

That was the case for Lisa Latta who watched from home as her winter galloper Yin Dragon banked the winner’s cheque for winning the feature race at the Taranaki Racing Club’s meeting at New Plymouth, the $40,000 Powerworx Greys special conditions 1400m race.

Yin Dragon has not been out of the money in his last five starts and lived up to the that form by edging Taranaki Cup winner Our King Sway by a nose after the two battled down most of the straight.

A last start winner at Manawatu, Yin Dragon was taken to the back of the field that had been reduced to just four runners after the late scratching of Von Tunzelman.

Latta, who rarely attends New Plymouth meetings because of her poor strike rate, left it to Foxton trainer Sandie Cookson to care for the son of No Excuse Needed.

‘‘I thought the other one might have had me to be honest,’’ jockey Rosie Myers said. ‘‘They were both really tough and just kept fighting all the way up the straight.’’

Meanwhile, Sensible Princess made the step-up to rating 85 company comfortably, winning the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race to make it four wins in a row.

The Street Sense mare, trained at Marton by Fraser Auret, was resuming after winning over 1200m at Manawatu in late July and held off the Kevin Myers trained Caramac in the hands of Lisa Allpress to win by a neck.

A tilt at stakes company could be the next assignment for Sensible Princess after she extended her winning streak.

Facing a small but quality line-up in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series contest, the Fraser Aurettrained 5-year-old dominated the field.