New Zealander Trevor Casey is enjoying a lot of success with his team of horses both sides of the Tasman. The popular owner has 30 horses including Australasia’s best trotter Stent, leading two year olds Our Waikiki Beach and Lazarus and Saturday night’s NSW Trotters Oaks winner My Arya.
Saturday night’s victory meant a lot to Casey as he bred the talented daughter of Angus Hall.
“I did breed her and she’s the only daughter that Belle Galleon (Stent’s mother) has had and I certainly will be retaining her as a broodmare at the end of her career,” said Casey.
“I raised her right from day dot, watched her grow up, then saw her get broken in and have since watched her all the way through.”
Casey chose to target the NSW Trotters Oaks rather than the NZ Harness Jewels after a narrow defeat in the Menangle feature twelve months ago.
“My Arya could have got into the Harness Jewels and she would have been a show but I wanted to win the NSW Oaks because I ran second last year with Daenerys Targaryen and I wanted to come back and have another go at it and we were successful.”
“We won’t be coming back for the NSW Trotters Derby next week, the Victorian Oaks is the week after which means she would have to race four weeks in a row and I just don’t think that’s fair on her.”
While at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Saturday night Casey took the opportunity to speak with club officials about Stent returning to race on the 1400 metre track.
“Stent will be back, I actually said to the team here tonight I’d like to see a mile race here for the open trotters again, I would really love to see the horse at Menangle over the mile again because I think he could go 1:52.0.”
My Arya’s trainer Brent Lilley was excited with the victory and thought her manners took her a long way.
“She’s proved over here she’s the best trotting filly at the moment but I thought the run of the second horse (My Tribeca) was great, My Arya has got manners but the gap between her and the rest is definitely closing,” said Lilley.
“In saying all that, we still wouldn’t swap her for any of them, so after the Victorian Trotters Oaks she will head towards the Breeders Crown and then spell.”
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