{"id":240258,"date":"2025-07-05T14:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/240258\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T14:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T14:04:17","slug":"caitlyns-wish-wins-group-1-turf-bar-sprint-at-te-rapa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/240258\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlyns Wish wins Group 1 Turf Bar Sprint at Te Rapa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caitlyns Wish<\/a> has been ridden to all but one of her seven wins by Maria Sanson, who was in the saddle again on Saturday. The chestnut mare broke well from gate two and was sent forward by Sanson to take up an early lead.<\/p>\n

The pair\u2019s rivals tried to put Caitlyns Wish under pressure a long way from home. Cleat went forward and sat on her outside coming down the side of the track, while Gospodin, Dusty Road and Martell were all breathing down her neck and poised to strike at the home turn.<\/p>\n

But Caitlyns Wish dug deep and fought ferociously down the straight. She refused to relinquish her advantage and held her challengers at bay to win by half a length.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was giving her a growl and a slap on the shoulder, but I didn\u2019t want to unbalance her on this ground today,\u201d Sanson said. \u201cThis is probably the heaviest track I\u2019ve ever seen at Te Rapa. It\u2019s hard work out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s had a few runs this time in. She was able to win second-up last winter, but has taken a bit longer this year. She was about 600kg after her summer spell, so she had a bit of weight to lose. But she\u2019s reached that level of fitness now, the tracks are heavy, and she should be able to go on with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve won six on her now and ride her in all her trackwork, so she\u2019s a horse I\u2019ve had a lot to do with. I\u2019m very happy to get another win on her today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Autridge indicated that Caitlyn\u2019s Wish might return to Te Rapa for the $50,000 open handicap over 1300m on July 26.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ll definitely look to come back here for that next meeting,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only issue is we generally prefer to stick to 1200m, because she can\u2019t go much further than that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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