If champion trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman haven't landed a black-type win in the first two group races at Hastings today, it could all change in the group three Red Badge Sprint.
Baker and Forsman have a strong contingent of 10 runners at the Hawke's Bay meeting and will be represented in each of the three major events.
I Got You will start in the group two Sacred Falls Hawke's Bay Guineas (1400m), while Saint Emilion and Mime will be their hopes in the group one Livamol Classic (2040m). Their attention will then then switch to stablemates Eleonora and Francaletta in the group three Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) and it's the latter who could be their best prospect of a black-type win on the card.
Francaletta slips in on the 53kg minimum, has drawn ideally at barrier two and is unbeaten in three starts on the Hastings track.
She beat the smart Dolcetto at Hastings in her second and third starts last spring in special conditions events then returned to the course last month when scoring an impressive fresh-up win over Miss Wilson and Ferrando over 1200m.