Filly arrives next week

I have received a comprehensive report on our Bel Esprit filly from Sue Ellis at Eliza Park. She has been very complimentary of the filly’s progress in pre-training and I have organised a float to pick up the filly next week (from Monday, March 30).

Sue has the filly striding three-quarter pace, which gives her a good grounding for a heavier workload once she arrives at Cranbourne. I will continue with that sort of work for a week or so, to allow the filly to settle back into the stable environment, and then her workload will pick up to a gallop in two to three weeks time.

She should be ready for a trial in five or six weeks, although I will be guided by how she is handling the extra work before I make a firm decision. She is a tall, leggy filly, and although she showed good speed when last in work, I feel she will be a filly that will improve once she gets over some ground.

Robbie Griffiths