Sentimental Miss back to best

Last season’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Sentimental Miss returned to her best with a quality staying performance to take out the Listed Wanganui Cup (2040m) on Saturday.

The Lisa Latta-trained four-year-old has disappointed on several occasions in her current campaign after an eye-catching effort for seventh behind Endless Drama in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa back in August.

The Reliable Man mare looked to be coming back to somewhere near her best when finishing fourth over 1550m at her last start and franked that effort with a determined performance on Saturday.

Given a perfect run on the fence in midfield by rider Kozzi Asano, Sentimental

Miss moved into contention turning for home before driving to the front at the 200m to defeat Hunta Pence and fast finishing stablemate Platinum Invador.

Sporting the familiar colours of wellknown thoroughbred syndicators Go Racing, Sentimental Miss had been scheduled to head to the spelling paddock for a brief break before a planned autumn campaign but that could now be put on hold.

‘‘To be fair she has been a little disappointing this time in so we thought it might be best to put her away for a rest after today’s run,’’ syndicate representative Matt Allnutt said on Saturday.

‘‘The way she really hit the line so well might mean we have to take another look at that as she really let down and it was a very good win. The signs were there after her last run that she might be on the way back.’’ NZ Racing Desk