Determined to take his much more stable house kind on the highway, evergreen Grafton coach John Shelton is eyeing off a possible treble at Monday’s characteristic Kempsey assembly.
The revered horseman has just one winner away from his Grafton base since final winter, and that was bettering mare Girl Tulessa who narrowly claimed a Benchmark 58 Handicap at Ballina two weeks in the past.
Racing returns to Kempsey on Monday.Credit score: Getty
In any other case, it’s been lean pickings when the secure has hit the highway in any path, however that each one can change in a flash on the Mid North Coast on Monday when he saddles up a really progressive workforce.
Opening the marketing campaign in a Maiden Plate over 1000m is a handily bred filly connections have at all times held some pleasure about.
Geoff And Jenny, a flippantly raced daughter of Group 1-winning powerhouse Spieth, tackles solely her third begin, with one of the best properly and really nonetheless to come back.
She led for a great distance on debut in a Tremendous Maiden at house earlier than being solely even to the road from simply off the velocity three weeks in the past, but each instances she had help in betting.
The Shelton camp then resumes robust five-year-old Friar’s Future in a Maiden Handicap over 1250m for his first outing since early July.
A son of high-class staying sire Blackfriars, Friar’s Future hasn’t formally trialled however has been in work for a while, and connections have seemingly discovered a perfect and really modest start line for the brand new marketing campaign.
One among Shelton’s finest possibilities is available in high quality Benchmark 58 Handicap over 1450m, with gifted mare Cassia Lane capturing for a 3rd win from 4 begins this prep.