Plenty of class in Nevele R Fillies Final

The Nevele R Fillies Final today oozes class.

Group winning filly Cath has drawn a suitable marble for her to go forward, while another one of the favourites Cherish Me, will have to come from the outside of the second row to win.

Southern filly Indulge Me (Downbytheseaside) has drawn ideally at five giving trainer driver Nathan Williamson options.

“It’s a really top group of fillies and she’s drawn smack bang amongst them. She’s a good staying filly so we’ll be making sure there is plenty of pace on. I think she’s better off a helmet but in saying that I’d rather press forward and make it a staying test and if you get run down so be it,” said Williamson.

The Hayden and Amanda Cullen trained filly Secret Wish (Bettor’s Wish) draws to  Indulge Me’s outside at six and she too has options.

“She’s a lovely horse and she showed in the Sires Stakes up in Auckland that she can do a bit of work off the arm. It’s an awkward draw and we’re pretty lucky to have Blair (Orange) on-board. As long as it’s a truly run race and she can be camped up somewhere handy she’s definitely good enough to get over the top of them. At her last start she had to get round and sat outside Cherish Me and they went 2-21. Six months ago she wouldn’t have been able to do that,” Hayden said.

Hayden has trained two Nevele R Fillies Series Final winners – Bettor Twist in 2021 and True Fantasy with Mark Purdon in 2022.

Brian West of Studholme Bloodstock who owns Secret Wish has won the Nevele R once before with Secret Potion in 2010.

Northern fillies Fly High and Ride The Waves add to the puzzle, as does Australian filly Ripples.

The $200,000 Group One Nevele R Three Year Old Fillies Series Final gets underway at 3.22pm.

by Bruce Stewart, for Harnesslink