The pressure again goes on three-year-old filly Caricature this weekend.
Fresh from facing her toughest assignment in the New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham last month, Caricature will be out to seal a tilt at a Group One event across the Tasman when she competes in today's Listed NZ Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton.
Trainer Tony Pike has pencilled-in two Adelaide assignments for the daughter of Power, the first being the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on May 5 and the other, the Gr.3 South Australian Fillies Classic (2500m) on the same track a fortnight later.
"She has got to win or be very unlucky on Saturday to go over," Pike said. "This is a drop in class from the Oaks and if she runs up to her effort in that she should be hard to beat.
"She has continued to improve and she needs to if she is to be competitive in the Oaks over there."
