Victorian husband-and-wife team Lisa and Mark Pitt dare to dream big before the $ 150,000 grout 1 Qbred Triad of $ 150,000 for two-year-old pacing fillings in Brisbane’s Albion Park.
Their early marefreulen the highlights (High) has done perfectly in barrier three to give the couple a dream shot on their greatest shared success.
“She is a very fast beginner and hopefully she will be out of that barrier at the front and hard to catch,” said Lisa.
Mark, a 30-time group 1 winning Reinsman and one of the many top drivers for the powerhouse Emma Stewart Stable, has had many career height points. But for Lisa, now in her fourth season as a trainer, this is a career -squat moment.
Ride the Highs was a striking winner of her Qbred Triad Heat on August 6, injected to the leadership of Barrier Six and left her rivals in her wake with a victory of 10 meters in 1: 55.1 over 1660 meters-the fastest of the qualifications.
In just five starts before her Queensland mission, she was already second in the Group 1 APG Melbourne Sales Graduate Series and noted two dominant victories in Shepparton.
“I saw her photo of the Gold Coast APG Yearling Sales and showed Mark and we both loved the appearance of her,” Lisa said.
If the first foal of non -imposed mare Gleniss Mama (A RockNroll -Dance), and the only one High Foal in the catalog, she touched all the boxes for the couple because of Mark’s connection with the father, who raced only 18 times in his career for 16 wins.
With a large stable supporter Mick Boots and Mark’s Aunty del Cope also sharp, they assured her for what they thought was a great value, with $ 20,000 in the Gold Coast Sale in 2024.
“Mick has been our biggest supporter and we can’t thank him enough, and it is wonderful to have a nice for Del – she bought forever from Jaarling sale forever, but never had a really good one,” Lisa said.
From the moment she entered the PITT stable, Ride the Highs was a natural pacer with congenital capacity – and a fiery line.
“She has more than her honest part of Sass! She kicks, she bites, she squeaks, and she tries to kick out quite often,” laughed Lisa.
It was decided that Mark would accompany the mandriffen to Queensland and stay with her to the final.
“She’s just too difficult to leave with someone else. Mark’s work this week has been to keep her happy – which is not always easy!” Lisa said.
Thirty-year-old Lisa has an impressive career-winning success rate of 26 percent and this season has prepared 19 winners and 24 placements of only 73 starters. In addition to his driving record of more than 1000 winners, Mark’s training CV includes over victories of group 1 in the NSW and Victorian Oaks with Shez All Rock.
While Mark took the road trip to Brisbane, Lisa continues to train the team of about 10 at home near Shepparton before he went to Brisbane tomorrow with the two young children Lily and Jax of the couple.
“Mark says she is jumping out of her skin. She has been really good this week and got well because of the qualifying heat,” she said.
“I can’t fully believe it – the only runner I had in a group 1 was Chynchilla, in my first training year, who made the final of Vicbred and Oaks. This is such a big sensation – and hopefully she will give us something to cheer about!” she said.
From Terry Gange for Harnesslink
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