Te Akau New Plymouth Friday Preview

Te Akau New Zealand has five horses racing on Friday 23 October at New Plymouth.

Weather: overcast, track: Slow7, rail: out 7 metres. No rain forecast.

3.49 p.m. R4 4 Awareness  (4 m Redoute's Choice - Aware) - Sam Weatherley; won her only start as a three-year-old and given time (34 days) since resuming in the Rating 65 1200 metres on 19 September at Ruakaka. Barrier one assists in the $10,000 Rating 65 1100 metres and she rates a top four chance if appreciative of conditions.

3.49 p.m. R4 6 Vino Bella  (4 m Burgundy - Pinstinct) - Kozzi Asano (a1); fought well for fourth to multiple stakes performed Mohaka (Nadeem) in the Rating 65 1200 metres on 24 September at Woodville, and contests the $10,000 Rating 65 1100 metres, A consistent mare, winning on dead ground, she rates a top three chance from barrier six.

4.49 p.m. R6 9 Sizzler  (4 m Sizzling - O'Raghailligh) - Sam Weatherley; produced a notable fourth over1200 metres in September at Matamata, and did well for third to stable-mate Kahma Lass (Darci Brahma) over 1200 metres, run in slick time (1:08.3), on 7 October at Avondale. She has the form to rate a top three chance in the $10,000 Maiden 1400 metres.

5.22 p.m. R7 2 Military Step  (5 g Tavistock - Marching On) - Kozzi Asano (a1); closed solidly for sixth when resuming in the Rating 65 1300 metres on 30 September at Tauranga, and contests the $10,000 Rating 65 1400 metres. Lightly raced and an easy winner over 1600 metres, he rates a top three chance despite drawing wide (11). 

5.54 p.m. R8 11 Ocean Belle (4 m Ocean Park - Xanadu) - Sam Weatherley; beat subsequent impressive dual winning stable-mate Vamos Bebe (I Am Invincible) on debut over 1100 metres in August at Taupo. She battled second-up on slow ground in September at Matamata, before powering home to win the Rating 65 1300 metres on 30 September at Tauranga. She meets a good field stepping up in the $11,000 Rating 74 1400 metres, but two from three and has top four prospects with the right trip.

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