Gallante’s track

Underfoot conditions will play into Gallante’s favour when he makes his New Zealand debut in Saturday’s Gr.2 City of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m). The Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) winner has recently joined Team Rogerson and they have warned punters to take little notice of the stayer’s last placing at the Taupo trials. "You look at his trial run and it only looks fair, but the track was too hard for him. He’s an out-and-out mudder and he’ll relish a slow track at Awapuni," Bailey Rogerson said. "He’s settled in really well and you can see his character building every day. He’s really well weighted on Saturday and this is a good race to get a run under his belt because we are still learning about him."