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Racing: Filly Bary's next trump card

By Anendra Singh
Hawkes Bay Today·
13 Jun, 2014 04:08 AM4 mins to read

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Hastings trainer John Bary with Recite (left) and Survived.

Hastings trainer John Bary with Recite (left) and Survived.

In many respects she's like gangly post-teen rugby locks at the cusp of making their debut in the national provincial championship this winter.

Recite, that is, who is the next trump card in the hot hands of Hasting horse trainer John Bary before the next deal.

"She's well and is about 80kg heavier so that normally translates to more power," Bary explains as he prepares to map a template for the 520kg filly who will turn 4 years old when the Hawke's Bay Spring Classic is on in September.

"The trouble with 3-year-olds is that they are growing so you can't put too much pressure on them.

"You have to let them grow physically so that's one box we can tick off."

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All that's good but what about her mental fortitude?

"Look, mentally she's always been there. You don't win two group ones without mental maturity."

Bary should know. The 44-year-old has stamped his supremacy in the past three spring carnivals in Hastings.

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There's no arguing with Bary's credentials when taking into consideration the last nine outings in the annual Hawke's Bay Triple Crown carnival.

The mastermind has been thriving on his home turf, having won three titles, finishing runner up in one and third in another.

Under his guidance the Richard and Liz Wood-bred/owned Jimmy Choux went precariously close to a clean sweep of group one races in 2011.

Jimmy Choux finished runner-up to sprinter Mufhasa in the Makfi Challenge Stakes, before clinching the Windsor Park Plate and the Spring Classic.

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Last year, Bary drew first blood in the Makfi with Survived before settling for third in the Spring Classic.

Survived is now under the wing of Central Hawke's Bay trainer Kelly Burne.

But now Bary's preoccupation is with Recite who won a group one as a juvenile in the Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes and the Levin Classic this season. The next season starts in August 1.

"Not many horses win group ones as 2 to 4-year-olds. She [Recite] has won as a 2 and 3-year-old so we'll try to win one as a 4-year-old.

"She's going to be in there with 4, 5, 7-year-olds so it'll be a test against the big boys and girls," he explains, highlighting Jimmy Choux's class when the stallion peaked at the age of 3.

"The first two races definitely will fit in well for her and after that we'll make a decision on whether we step her up to 2000m for the last one," Bary said.

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Recite, who is coming off a six-week lay off, hasn't raced since she was unplaced in the Queen of the Turf in Sydney.

"She'll do the first two legs of the spring carnival and possibly the third leg," he says of the 1400m Makfi , 1600m Windsor Park Plate and 2040m Spring Carnival.

He intends to start her in the group three, 1200m Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa, Hamilton, before the first leg of the Triple Crown.

"We'll then target Australia if she's good enough."

Mark Du Plessis has had a lion's share of success with Recite but Jonathon Riddell and Opie Bosson are also in the equation next season to be in the saddle with Recite.

The Bary-trained Miss Selby, the New Zealand Oaks runner-up, is likely to resume in a rating 85 event on the first day of the Hastings carnival.

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"We might target the last leg [Spring Classic] with her - she'll be having a light spring," Bary said of the emerging stayer.

The Lowland Stakes crown punctuates Miss Selby's development this season. She finished in second place in the Trentham classic.

The O'Reilly filly made her final 3-year-old appearance with a seventh place in the Australian Oaks at Randwick.

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