Australian Debuts Await Te Akau Duo

Meanwhile, the high quality stablemates of Probabeel (see above), Amarelinha (Savabeel-Hopscotch, by O'Reilly) and Entriviere (Tavistock-Marcey's Bell, by Golan) will make their Australian debuts this Saturday. Amarelinha will run in the Gr1 Australian Oaks. "She travelled over there well last night," trainer Jamie Richards advised. "She is going to do a bit of three-quarter work on Thursday morning and Opie is going to go over and ride her. It's a month between runs, with a trial (in-between). She seems to be in good form, I am happy with her." Amarelinha has won five of her seven starts in New Zealand including the Gr1 New Zealand Oaks over the same distance as this Saturday's Oaks. Stablemate Entriviere will run in the Gr2 Sapphire Stakes over 1200m after also traveling well to Sydney. "She trialled well and appears to race well with her races spaced," Richards noted of the dual Group 3 sprint winner. "We are pretty excited about her as a racing prospect. If she is as good as what we think she is then she is certainly up to being competitive on Saturday."

Amarelinha adds extra intrigue to the Australian Oaks (pic: Race Images)