Quality Tavistock mare Galaxy Miss may be in her final season of racing but that hasn't put a stop to her winning ways, with the seven-year-old securing her eighth career win in the JRA Trophy (1400m) at Te Aroha on Sunday.
The Danica Guy-trained mare jumped away well from her outside barrier in the six-horse field to sit outside leader Waipipi Lad for the majority of the race.
Galaxy Miss was headed down the straight but rallied late to win by a long head over the heavily backed race favourite Hello M'Lady.
"I thought it was a great effort," Guy said. "She seems to be back to her old self. She's just been going through the motions a bit in the last couple of months. Once mares have come to the end of it, they have come to the end of it, but she seems to have revitalised a little bit."
Guy has put some of that credit down to the treadmill that she has recently had installed at her Matamata property, which along with a trial at Te Teko late last month readied the seven-year-old for Sunday's race.
