Tony Pike and Mark Donoghue bagged the first leg of an important three-year-old double when Sacred Park continued his winning ways in the group two Buffalo Man Wellington Guineas at Trentham.
The Cambridge training partners sent the tough colt south yesterday and he duly delivered and now their focus will turn to Allez Eagle, who tomorrow takes on a hot line-up in the group three Sarten Memorial at Te Rapa.
"That's going to be a cracking race, it will be very interesting," Pike said.
Both three-year-olds are on their way to Riccarton for the group one Sothys NZ 2000 Guineas and Sacred Park will be ideally suited to the course and distance.
"He's a big, lazy colt and he only does what he has to do," Pike said. "A big track like Riccarton will suit him; he's a long-striding horse, and he will definitely get a trip."