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McVean star filly set for Guineas run

By James Graham
Whanganui Chronicle·
15 Nov, 2012 05:38 PM2 mins to read

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Cambridge trainer Jeff McVean has only one query ahead of Rollout The Carpet's 1000 Guineas assault at Riccarton tomorrow.

He can't fathom why last season's top-rated 2-year-old filly has fallen so far out of favour.

TAB bookies rated the group two Matamata Breeders' Stakes winner a $9 chance yesterday, on the fourth line of betting behind Lovetessa ($4.60), Fix ($5) and Pure Elegance ($8) in the coveted $300,000 group one.

Yet the battle-hardened black-type performer has been in near faultless form since resuming as a 3-year-old in the Gold Trail Stakes on September 22.

Badly in need of the run, Rollout The Carpet ran a gallant second to Pure Elegance, beaten by just a neck.

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Primed with a trial win 2 weeks later, she backed up raceday with an even more eye-catching effort for new campaign rider Mark Du Plessis in the James & Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m) at Te Rapa.

It took subsequent 2000 Guineas hot-pot Sacred Falls to run her down; finishing behind her that day were a trio of highly rated Riccarton hopefuls, Pure Elegance, Fix and Waterford.

"She pushed the other horse [Sacred Falls] pretty hard and he went down there [Riccarton] and won so I can't see why she can't do the same thing," said McVean, who trains in partnership with daughter Emma-Lee Browne.

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McVean said the filly, who has one of the most explosive home-straight sprints of any Guineas runner, has purposely been raced sparingly at 3 to have her peaking for Riccarton.

McVean isn't concerned by the extra 200m tomorrow.

"The trip doesn't worry me, provided Mark rates her well. The key to that is getting a bit of a sit rather than leading."

McVean said Rollout The Carpet may also back-up in the Levin Classic (1600m) at Otaki at the end of the month.

Another proven group performer, Single Minded, could also sneak under punters' guard in the supporting feature tomorrow, the $225,000 group three New Zealand Cup (3200m).

The winner of two group two 2400m features last campaign was rated a $12 fixed-odds hope yesterday. Single Minded hasn't raced here since a Melbourne Cup campaign was scrapped last month, but reports since his return to New Zealand suggest he's dramatically over-the-odds.

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