Another top trip away for Thooza

Well-related mare Thooza advanced her tidy record when the four-year-old remained unbeaten in the Central Districts.

Trained at Cambridge by Tony Pike, our daughter Almanzor has been sparingly raced and her victory over 1300 metres at Tauherenikau was her third from eight appearances.

She had previously been successful on debut at Te Rapa as a two-year-old and then kicked off her following season with a victory at New Plymouth.

“We elected to come down here (to Tauherenikau) with her as she is slightly better left-handed,” he said.

A granddaughter of seven-tine Group 1 winer Seachange, Thooza was away well to travel in second spot, but it was only in the closing 100 metres that she hit top gear to overpower her Rating 75 rivals in the hands of Leah Hemi.

We purchased Thooza from breeder The Oaks Stud’s draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale for $155,000.

She is out of the Darci Brahma mare Sea Goddess, who won on three occasions, and is from the family of the G1 Levin Classic winner Keepa Cruisin and G2 Alister Clark Stakes winner and G1 New Zealand Derby runner-up Antrim Coast.

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