G2 Swanswong for $1000 Mare

Media Release - Tuesday April 22

Electron recorded her second Group Three placing in three starts when third in last Saturday’s Gr.3 Easter Handicap (1600m) at Ellerslie, and will look to end her season on a high at Te Rapa this weekend.

Owner-trainer Sam Mynott bought her for just $1,000 off gavelhouse.com two years ago and Electron has more than repaid that outlay, with Saturday’s result bringing her record to four wins and four placings from 14 starts, with earnings nearing $110,000.

Electron is likely to back-up in Saturday's Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa.   Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)

“She is certainly worth more than I paid for her,” Mynott quipped.

The Cambridge horsewoman was duly pleased with Saturday’s result and said the daughter of Turn Me Loose has come through the race well.

“She has been eating up and she is just out in the paddock at the moment. She seems bright and happy,” Mynott said.

“She just keeps putting her hand up and stepping up. It is quite amazing what she has achieved this season. I am super grateful to have her. She is just an honest mare with a big heart.

“She is only four and hopefully next season she can come back bigger and stronger and even pick-up a black-type win.”

That black-type win could come as soon as this Saturday, with Electron entered for the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa.

“As long as she keeps eating and seems happy, we will head there and then she will go out for a spell,” Mynott said. “If there is any doubt, she will go straight to the spelling paddock.”

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Electron was bred by stable client Ben Kwok, whose colours may be carried on Saturday by stablemate Miss Madridista in the Gr.3 Windsor Park Stud Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m), with the filly needing a couple of withdrawals to make the 14-horse field.

“She is a nice filly and she is going to be an even better four-year-old,” Mynott said. “She has had a freshen-up and has been feeling really well so we thought we would have a go.

“She might be balloted at the moment, but we will just see what happens. If she gets a start, we will definitely go there.”

Earlier in the week, Mynott has the one runner entered for Pukekohe on Wednesday, however, that will likely change if the current Heavy10 track doesn’t improve.

Three-year-old filly Urvashi is set to make her debut in the Sistema 1200, but may be saved for the spring, with Mynott loathe to kick-off her career on heavy footing.

“Hopefully the track comes in a little bit,” she said. “We probably won’t start on a heavy track. We might just put her away and get her back in for the spring.

“She is a nice filly and with a bit of time I think she will be quite a smart prospect for next season.” – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk

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