Rising New South Wales harness racing coach Seaton Grima is about to focus on Victoria’s time-honoured Group 1 Benstud Queen Of The Pacific with My Moonlite Dream.
My Moonlite Dream (Membership Menangle Picture)
Grima, 21, picked up the five-year-old mare from fellow NSW coach, Jack Trainor.
“She had her first begin up in Queensland for me and he or she gained her first few (races) round Albion Park. She rose up in grade fairly rapidly,” trainer-driver Grima stated.
“She was within the Group 1 Golden Woman – she ran eighth, however she didn’t shame herself. Ever since she has come again to Sydney, she has gone to a different stage.”
The mare out of Miss Moonlite has continued to race in opposition to top-class mares in New South Wales.
“She bought overwhelmed by half-a-head to Main Delight, however she is Main Delight who’s 22 (wins) from 28 (races). I wasn’t disgraced by that efficiency.
“In her six or seven begins at Menangle, she hasn’t completed worse than third on a Saturday night time,” he stated.
My Moonlite Dream can have yet one more run at Menangle earlier than a visit to Melton Leisure Park.
“I’ll miss this week and provides her a run subsequent week within the Frith Stakes, then carry her down for the Queen Of The Pacific,” he stated.
“I feel the 2700m will swimsuit her… it’s a arduous race to win, however I feel she needs to be thereabouts.”
Grima can also be eyeing off one other of Victoria’s Group 1 classics.
“I’ve a three-year-old I’d put within the Derby, Candy Lovin. In his first begin for me he gained up at Newcastle,” Grima stated.
“I’ve a really excessive opinion of him. If he can acquire a begin over the lengthy journey and if we will tuck him away, he needs to be there on the finish.”
Grima has had 64 winners since his coaching profession started in 2023, together with 51 this season.
The Queen Of The Pacific is about for October 12 and is certainly one of six Group 1 contests on the Sportsbet Victoria Cup card.
by Lachlan Mitchell, for Harness Racing Victoria