La (Bella) Diosa (NZ) (So You Think {NZ}), successful in the 2016 G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas, will have a light campaign when she resumes in the new season, racing.com reported. The rising 4-year-old has resumed training after an spell following her Sydney sojourn.
“She's been back for three weeks and she's ticking over nicely,” Matt Brown, who trains the daughter of So You Think with his wife Mandy, told racing.com. “We're not making any great plans and she'll probably have a quiet year and we'll see how she comes up with maybe a couple of starts at the Riccarton Carnival.”
Options for the Australian Group 2 winner include the Nov. 15 G2 Coupland's Bakeries Mile over or the Listed Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders' S. that same day. Following her win in the G2 Surround S. in Oz, she ran unplaced in three subsequent starts in heavy going-the G1 Coolmore, the G1 Vinery Stud S. and the G1 ATC Oaks.
“We know she doesn't like wet tracks, but she handled the first one because it was loose,” Brown continued. “We probably should have pulled the pin a bit earlier. She went horribly in the Oaks and struggled to get the 2400 metres. She was pretty tired after that and she had a good break. She had two months in the paddock and she looks a lot stronger, she's pretty happy in herself.”
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