![]() ![]() “Rudy’s horse was always going to be the toughest to beat but I was thrilled with the way Dawn Jessie just kept giving to finish second,” Lock said. Lock was also delighted with the performance of stablemate Dawn Jessie who battled on gamely to finish second behind the Rudy Liefting-trained Mont Ventoux in the Seeka Kiwifruit Cup (2100m). Raced by Rod Duke and Gerard Peterson under his Gee Gee Equine banner, She’s A Maneater has now won five of her 12 career starts. “I will have a chat with her owners, but I’m keen to keep her closer to home and look for black type against her own sex around here.” “It is a hell of a long way on a float and the same coming back and it could completely end her season if things didn’t go to plan. “We nominated her for the Winter Cup at Riccarton and I definitely think on a wet track she could win the race, but I’m just not sure about going down there given what it all entails,” he said. She’s A Maneater holds a nomination for the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton on August 6, however Lock is reluctant to commit to making the trip given just how tough a journey it can be from his Te Aroha base. “She hasn’t won over such a short trip before but it was more like 1400m on that track and I know she slept pretty well last night after a tough run.” “With Maria’s 3kg claim she looked like a good prospect on Saturday and when they got so much rain leading into the meeting, I was pretty confident she would be hard to beat. “We put her on the float and took her to Matamata for a jumpout and then for another hit-out a week later and she really tightened up nicely. “It’s quite tough to get a line on them on the synthetic tracks we have been working her on and I just wasn’t sure if she was ready or not,” he said. Lock had been struggling to get a gauge on just how fit he had his charge in the build-up to the meeting but a trip away to Matamata a fortnight ago convinced him she was well on track to kick off her new campaign. With the Heavy10 rated surface proving a tough ask for many runners on the day, She’s A Maneater and apprentice Maria Sanson made light work of the task as they dived between runners in the home straight to win with plenty in hand. Trainer Peter Lock rolled the dice on starting the five-year-old daughter of Reliable Man over the sprint journey as she had never won under a distance of 1600m in her career to date. ![]() Wet track specialist She’s A Maneater showed her class on a testing winter surface when she produced a powerful performance to win fresh-up over 1200m at Tauranga on Saturday. ![]()
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