Roxburgh trainers Geoff and Jude Knight have high hopes for Sonia Ellen in race 10 on the 14-race programme at Winton today.
"Sonia Ellen has done really well since her last-start win," Jude Knight said.
The 3yr-old filly won over a mile in 1.58.7 at Winton on February 10 when having her fourth start.
She is among seven horses the Knights have engaged at Winton. The stable has won 19 races this season, six fewer than their total for last season.
Winsome Caesar, the winner of three races, including her last start, has been sold out of the stable to Shane Sanderson, the Queensland horseman, who drove her in work on Tuesday.
He has also bought Whekau, a winner for owner-trainer Dan Cummings at Cromwell in January.
Lake View (race 2) transferred to the Invercargill stable of Murray Brown after his last-start win at Winton on February 10. The shift from the Winton stable of Lauren Pearson had been planned. His part-owner, Barry Taylor, is in the ownership of the Brown-trained Hokuri Handrail.
• Sydney reinsman Darren Hancock has been engaged to drive Raglan in the $1 million Interdominion Final in Perth on Friday night. Hancock drove Jofess to win the final in Perth in 2004, the last time he drove at Gloucester Park.
• Tony Herlihy has been engaged to drive Mah Sish in the City Of Auckland Free-For-All on Friday night. Mah Sish was driven by Ricky May when he won at Addington last Friday night.
David Butt is back on Terror To Love with Jim Curtin required for Franco Emirate.
Butt drove Terror To Love twice at the outset of last season for a win and a fourth at Addington when Curtin was sidelined through injury.
• Nicky Chilcott, of Cambridge, will represent New Zealand in a race for female drivers at Menangle on Saturday night. Chilcott (40) has driven 482 winners. She is the leading female driver in NZ this season with 24 wins.
