New Zealand’s dominance of Australia’s best 3-year-old races may not be over yet.
While Waitak began his Queensland campaign with an unplaced effort at Eagle Farm on Saturday, co-trainer Andrew Scott is certain he will be a better horse next start.
Kiwi 3-year-olds have had a remarkable season in Australia with Group 1 wins to Sharp ‘N’ Smart, Legarto, Prowess and Pennyweka, continuing from Dark Destroyer and Pinarello winning the major 3-year-old races at the Queensland carnival last year.
But this year’s New Zealand team in Queensland looks set to be smaller, as so many of our elite 3-year-olds were good enough to race, and win, at the richer Victorian and New South Wales carnivals.
Waitak could be left leading the charge and the talented but sometimes erratic galloper was fifth in an A$160,000 race on Saturday.