Trainers Ken and Bev Kelso have been scratching their heads with their Group One-performed mare Alabama Lass over the last few months, but they received a confidence boost following her win in a Group and Listed 1100m trial at Taupo on Sunday.
Promising two year-old Dirty Work filly Summer Schemer crowned a memorable recent run of results for Highden Park when she made the perfect start to her career at Ellerslie on Saturday bringing a timely update for her yearling half-sister headed to Inglis Premier for Crossley Thoroughbreds.