Campionessa winning the Cal Isuzu Stakes last December. So far, so good. Until you look one horse further down and see Snazzytavi, who may be every bit as good as Campionessa at her peak but is two years younger, seemingly in her prime. Snazzytavi, though, has been awesome, looking an even stronger mare than the one that bolted away with the Easter Handicap last April.
She was dazzling winning here two starts ago and then spanked her rivals in the Group 1 Livamol transferred from Hastings, so is unbeaten in four Te Rapa runs. Walker and training partner Sam Bergerson roll out a strong team tomorrow, with the other big summer pointer being the return of Damask Rose in a stacked 3-year-old race. She was second in the Karaka Million in just her second start last January, then a fresh-up third to superstar fillies Alabama Lass and Captured By Love at Hastings in September before being put aside for summer goals.
If she brings that form to the next three months, she can be a major player in both the Karaka Million Three-Year-Old and the NZB Kiwi, and Walker says even fresh she might be able to win tomorrow. It is made even more interesting tomorrow by some of the bigger names drawing poor, while others are racing short of their best distance. Michael Guerin wrote his first nationally published racing articles while still in school and started writing about horse racing and the gambling industry for the Herald as a year-old in Willydoit won more than a race at Ellerslie on Saturday.
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