Marketplace to hit out on Tuesday

Pin up pacer Marketplace (Bettor’s Delight) is progressing well and getting ready to reappear on the racetrack.

“He’s quite forward and had a bit of work behind him. We’re taking him into Addington on Tuesday like we usually do for a bit of a hit out with a galloping pacemaker. We’ll get that into him and he’ll be ready to trial a week or a fortnight later,” trainer Regan Todd said.

He says Marketplace’s first main target will be the $25,000 Lazarus Stakes at Addington on 26^th September.

“He’s had a good foundation and seems forward enough but his coats just not quite there. In another months time he should be right on song.”

The $500,000 Velocity on Show Day is also in the radar but at this stage Marketplace hasn’t obtained a slot.

“I’ve left that up to the owners and we’ll see what happens there. I know there’s been a few after him but his first two aims are the Lazarus Stakes and the Flying Stakes a fortnight later.”

The three year old gelding has had six starts this season winning four, including the NZB Standardbred Harness Million, the G1 Woodlands Stud Northern Derby and the G1 Garrards New Zealand Sires’ Stakes Final in May.

“He’s got taller. You look at him and think he’ll get better and strengthen up the older he gets, which is quite good.”

by Bruce Stewart, for Harnesslink