Champion trainer Barry Purdon believes Sky Major can bounce back in tomorrow's $250,000 NZ Free-For-All - and the bookies agree.
The dramatic failure of the New Zealand Cup on Tuesday has drawn the ace in tomorrow's Group 1 sprint at Addington, giving him options as he looks for his first win of the season.
Sky Major was the first horse beaten in the Cup on Tuesday, stopping at the 600m after moving around to secure the one-one at the bell. But he was found to have a flat tyre, suffered at the 1200m mark, after the race and Purdon simply wants to turn the page on the run.
"Zac [Butcher] said the tyre really affected him," said Purdon.
"That was why he lost contact with Smolda at the 600m but when you watch the replay he was only beaten 10 lengths, so he didn't stop trying, even though you have no hope over 3200m with a flat tyre."