Racing: Forrest Heights in action on Friday

Unico Rose wins easily at Waimate on Sunday. Photo by Tayler Strong.
Unico Rose wins easily at Waimate on Sunday. Photo by Tayler Strong.
Promising trotter Forrest Heights is back in action at Forbury Park on Friday night.

Forrest Heights was given a short spell after her last-start win at Forbury Park on November 4.

The 6yr-old Forrest Skipper-Everton Lodge mare, trained by Eion Lamb, was having her fourth start.

Del Sur, who resumes racing on Friday night, is now trained by Lionel Sinnamon at Omakau.

The 7yr-old has not raced since January. He won at Gore 16 months ago when trained by Regan Todd.

Idid It Myway, who has not raced since February, has been entered for the Trotters' Mile at Methven on Sunday. Idid It Myway was placed in four of his six starts last season after joining the stable of Paul Nairn. He finished third to Master Bomber and With Intent in the Trotters' Mile and third to Ima Gold Digger and Dr Hook over a mile at Ashburton.

Quality Invasion, winner of his last four starts, has been entered for the Trotters' Mile.

He won at Methven at his first start in October, 2009 when trained by Tim Butt and Phil Anderson. Quality Invasion was then away from racing for 15 months. He returned in January trained by his Charing Cross owner, Bruce Graham, and has since won six races.

• Hands Christian, an impressive last-start winner of the Geraldine Cup, has been entered for a 5-6 win race at Alexandra Park on Friday night.

He is among 20 horses the stable of Mark Purdon and Grant Payne has in Auckland. I Can Doosit is in the Lyell Creek Stakes, Smolda in the Northern Stakes and Highview Tommy and Sammy Maguire in a free-for-all.

• Unico Rose, an eight-length winner at Waimate on Sunday, could prove a worthy replacement for her sister, Seel The Dream, in the stable of Greg and Nina Hope.

Seel The Dream won seven races before she was retired to stud last year. She was bred and raced by Phil and Leonie Messina, of Auckland. The same owners have Unico Rose, a 4yr-old mare by Dream Away from Seel Of Approval.

The Hopes experienced their best season with 37 wins last season and a double at Waimate took their tally to 14 this term.

• The connections of De Lovely will decide this morning if she resumes in a $30,000 Northern Breeders' Stakes for mares on Friday night, The New Zealand Herald reports.

De Lovely was seen for the first time in public yesterday since having a bone chip removed from her knee in March.

She was not asked for a serious effort to finish fourth in a 2200m mobile workout at Alexandra Park.

The heat was won by Pembrook Benny, who led for the last 1200m to easily hold out Pure Power and Sammy Maguire.

De Lovely looked forward.

"Ideally, she is probably still a week or two away but she might start this week instead of going to the workouts again," Ian Small, her trainer, said.

"She is working well enough to race. It is just a matter then of getting the race fitness to be competitive in the big races."

De Lovely won the Northern Breeders' Stakes-Queen of Hearts double 12 months ago and the Summer Cup at Addington last season Carabella, who resumed racing with an impressive win in a free-for-all at Addington last Friday, has been entered for the Breeders' Stakes

Results of trials at Addington yesterday.-
Weather, fine; track, fast.

Qualifying test, trotters, 2600m: Unico Pegasus K Cameron 1; Joltin Joe Demagio 2; Duchess Of Phoebe 3. Seven started. 1L, 5L. Time, 3.35.7 (three, not second horse, qualified). Trainers, G and N Hope.

Qualifying test, pacers, 2600m: Press On Pete D Dunn 1; Supersub 2; Franco Taima 3. Six started. Nk, nse. Time, 3.26.8 (six qualified). Trainer, G Burgess.

Qualifying test, pacers, mobile, 2600m: Burfield R Close 1; Bad Dancer 2; Ginger Spice 3. Five started. Nk, 1L. Time, 2.32.5 (four qualified). Trainer, G Townley.

Qualifying test, pacers, mobile, 2000m: Glenferrie Diva R Todd 1; Jolene Franco 2; Royal Impression 3. Six started. 1L, 4L.

Time, 2.37.2 (none qualified).

Two-year-old pacers, mobile, 2000m: Mach Cullen B Hutton 1; Bit Of A Legend 2; Mighty Flying Mac 3. Five started. 5L, nk. Time, 2.36.2. Trainer, B Hutton.

0w pacers, mobile, 1950m (first heat): Vanilla Rose S McNally 1; Gemma Kate 2; Sierra Franco 3. Six started. L, L. Time, 2.30.3. Trainer, M Fuller.

Second heat: Madam Pom Pom M Edmonds 1; The Secret 2; Seabreeze Star 3.

Seven started. L, 1L. Time, 2.33.1.

Trainer, M Edmonds.

1-3w pacers, mobile, 1950m: Bubba Ho Top D Dunn 1; Better Than Money 2; Tom And Jerry 3. Five started. Hd, 2L. Time, 2.28.1. Trainer, C Dalgety.

0w trotters, 2600m: Armbro Lustre S Ottley 1; Jims Dragon 2; KD Star 3. Seven started. 1L, 2L. Time, 3.33.8. Trainer, N McGrath.

0w pacers, 2600m: Moncrieffe S McNally 1; Lies A Lot 2; Harvest Boy 3. Eleven started. L, 4L. Time, 3.26.3. Trainer, D Anderson.

1-2w trotters, 2600m: Fire In The Night C De Filippi 1; The Truth 2; Ugle Betty 3.

Three started. 1L, hd. Time, 3.28.9. Trainer, B Hutton.

1-3w pacers, 2600m: J'Adore Bromac J Dunn 1; Cracker Black 20 2; Waltzing Wendy 3. Four started. Hd, 4L. Time, 3.32.3. Trainer, R Dunn.

 

 

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