Forsman has flyer and progressive stayer aiming at $100,000 targets

Belles Beau is an unusual topweight at New Plymouth tomorrow in that he won't carry the No 1 saddlecloth. Photo / Race Images

Andrew Forsman is looking forward to two very different $100,000 races tomorrow.

The Cambridge trainer has smart three-year-old filly in Cashla Bay in the Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders at Ruakaka tomorrow as well as the improving Zanzibar in the ITM Interprovincial at New Plymouth.

The three-year-old scamper on what should be a decent track at Ruakaka is the gateway to spring opportunities for the youngsters, and Forsman hopes Cashla Bay can head home on Saturday night with some black type next to her name.

“She is a good professional filly with a run under her belt and I think this week will suit her,” he offers.

“It is a good field, as it should be for that stake, but with two strong three-year-old races also at Taupō on Sunday to it means all the smart horses aren’t in the same race, so she gets her chance.”

Zanzibar will need more toughness than speed for the Interprovincial over 1800m on a heavy track.

“He is up a fair way in grade from winning a Rating 65 last start but he won that well and is a fit horse who will handle the track,” says Forsman.

“It is really hard to line up the form but I think he will be handy and can go close.”

The Interprovincial is an interesting mix, with a potential trick that could catch punters out – it is one of the few handicap races of the season where the horses are not listed in order of who carries the most weight, meaning the topweight Belles Beau is actually No 7.

Buyer beware.

Michael Guerin wrote his first nationally published racing articles while still in school and started writing about horse racing and the gambling industry for the Herald as a 20-year-old in 1990. He became the Herald’s Racing Editor in 1995 and covers the world’s biggest horse racing carnivals.