Rogerson gallopers ready for summer

Team Rogerson will have a host of winning chances at feature meetings at both ends of the North Island this week.

Smart sprinter Ferrando will be at Otaki today where the group one performer has a

60kg impost in the Listed Fasttrack Insurance - Levin Stakes (1200m).

‘‘He is going enormous but he has to give the whole field seven kilos,’’ co-trainer Graeme Rogerson said.

‘‘He deserves his weight, he has won a few races and the good track will suit him.’’

Ferrando holds nominations for both the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) and

Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph

(1200m), with the latter a race the six-year-old entire has placed in the last two editions.

Despite Ferrando’s form reading better when racing left-handed, the Railway remains a target.

‘‘He used to go well righthanded. He won the Mr Tiz

(Gr.3, 1200m) at Ellerslie a couple of seasons ago and he will be aimed at the Railway and then we will just play it by ear,’’ Rogerson said.

‘‘For an entire he has a lovely nature. He is a bit rowdy sometimes but he is lovely to ride.’’ Consistent performer

Beauden, the winner of six races, will tackle the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie tomorrow. ‘‘He is going well,’’ Rogerson said. ‘‘I couldn’t be happier with him and his last-start win was really good. After Saturday we will sit down with Joan Egan (owner) and work out where we are going with him.

‘‘I think he will get over ground, I see no reason why he won’t and hence he holds a nomination for the City of Auckland Cup (Gr.2, 2400m) and the Auckland Cup (Gr.1, 3200m). I think he would be a fast stayer.’’

Rogerson also has lofty aims with progressive sprinter Mr Universe, with the four-yearold son of Smart Missile a good last-start winner at Te Rapa.

‘‘He is a lovely horse. He is a good type of stallion and he is starting to put it all together. He has a nomination for the Railway and the Telegraph as well,’’ Rogerson said.

‘‘There is a race coming up at Ellerslie, the Newmarket Handicap (Listed, 1200m) that is an automatic entry into the Railway. We think he is a pretty good horse, he can certainly run time and he is very strong.’’