A talented metropolitan-based mare returning for just her second start will be out to lower the boom on an in-form and rival neighbour when they clash at Thursday’s Kembla meeting.
Outta Line, a four-year-old daughter of Pierro in the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable at Randwick, hasn’t started since a commanding debut win at Wyong in early July.
Trainer Gai Waterhouse.Credit: Kate Geraghty
That day as a three-year-old she led all the way over 1350m before being spelled.
Now connections are treading a similar path ahead of her first summer run in a very competitive Benchmark 64 Hcp for the fillies and mares over 1400m to close the program.
Similar to earlier in the year, Outta Line has been given two solid trials at home up to 1050m, and looks fit and ready to run out this distance fresh, with leading jockey Tim Clark keeping the ride from the latest trial.
But there’ll be no room for error against a resident Randwick rival who is shooting for a third straight win this prep.
Purple Rose, an exciting four-year-old daughter of Exosphere, has won both starts back from a break in dominant front-running fashion at Canberra and Wyong for the new John Thompson stable.
She clocked a handy time for the 1350m at Wyong as a hot favourite in bolting in a Midway Class 1 over 1350m by nearly 3 lengths.
Now she gets back on a bigger track stepping up significantly in grade.
