AFTER spending the best part of May overseas enjoying a rare holiday and getting married, Shane and Lauren Tritton have arrived back in Australia and are hoping for a strong finish to the season. Shane confirmed star mare Arms Of An Angel was given the all clear to return to work on Thursday and is looking forward to getting her back to the races before the end of the August.
“We are slowly getting back into the swing of things here, it took us a few days and we both picked up colds in the final couple of days in Hawaii but it is good to be back,” Tritton said.
“The first week and a half was stressful because of what was happening with Arms Of An Angel back in Australia but we were really able to relax and unwind in the second half of the holiday. We’ve received good news with Arms Of An Angel and she’s back in work but I’m not going to target anything specifically with her.”
Tritton is hoping the Miracle Mile placegetter comes to hand quickly.
“She hasn’t lost too much in the way of fitness, she is lightly assessed considering the races she has competed in so I’d like to get her back to the track and racing through her grades.
“Once she is back racing constantly then I will sit down with the owners and work out what races we are going to target with her.”
Talented two year old filly High Rolling is yet to qualify for the Alabar Breeders Challenge but looks a strong chance to be included in the semi finals on June 11. 22 horses have already qualified and while she isn’t among them her form should see her scrape in.
“I’m still not fully happy with her. Even on Tuesday in her heat she didn’t want to go through the gap on the inside and wanted to switch on and off in the straight. We are trying to drive her off the speed, but if she doesn’t click then we might have to go back to the old tactics of running them off their feet.”
“I would think she would get through to the semi finals on her effort in the heat and the extra time to get her spot on will be a blessing. If she qualifies for the final then the aim will be to have her peak on that day.”
While the stable hasn’t had many runners since the couple arrived back in Australia, it will not be too long before the stable has its full complement of runners competing.
“15 horses had a week off, I’d think it will be the end of the month before we have everything back running as normal. Mach Beauty might be ready for the Len Smith Mile and I’d like to take Blue Moon Rising to Victoria but I’ll wait and see how it plays out.”
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