A trainer-owner combination in its infancy will look to continue a roaring start when Lady Maroal contests the Futurity Stakes at Ellerslie tomorrow.
Lady Maroal is the first horse 61-year-old Pukekohe trainer Nigel Tiley has prepared for 94-year-old owner Ron Saunders and already the two-year-old has won the Listed Champagne Stakes at Ellerslie.
She had earlier won at her second start and then finished fifth in the Group 1 Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes at Awapuni.
"Ron's 94 and he's an amazing bloke. He loves his racing and he'll be there on Saturday with bells on," Tiley said.
"She is the first horse I've had for Ron. We had her broken in and then she came into the stable. He wanted to have a horse trained closer to where he lived so he could go and see her when he wanted. He comes to the stables quite regularly."