Fillies set to fly in heat three

In a day chock full of harness racing features, on Sunday (Sep. 18) at Oamaru the three year old fillies will establish their pecking order and find out whether they’re good enough to qualify for the Nevele R Fillies Final at Addington on Cup Day.

The partnership of Rolleston trainers Mark Purdon and Hayden Cullen have entered two horses.

Purdon is leaning towards Chambray (Bettor’s Delight) at this stage.

“She’s got the advantage on the other form runners in the field apart from Straight Flush, so she’d have to go close you’d think,” he said.

The other, Queen Of Diamonds (Bettors Delight) has won three of her seven starts and has been to the trials twice to fit her for Sunday’s fillies heat.

“Although she’s carrying a bit of condition on her class she’s not going to be far away and if she got the right run, she’d be hard to beat.”

Steve and Amanda Telfer’s runner Obsession (Captaintreacherous) adds to the puzzle.

“She’s very well at the moment. She had a bit of bad luck last time. When Tim made his run, he locked wheels, so it held her up. She’s trained on well since,” Amanda said.

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by Bruce Stewart, for Harnesslink