Here We Go Again, a daughter of the 2001 New Zealand Trotting Cup winner Kym's Girl, won the listed $24,999 Caduceus Club Of Southland Stakes for 2yr-old fillies at Ascot Park on Saturday.
Here We Go Again is raced by her breeders Graeme Trist of Tai Tapu and David Miller of Motukarara, who lease the share of their co-breeder, Bill Marra, of Halswell.
The trio raced Kym's Girl, (by Man Around Town), who beat Homin Hosed, Yulestar and Holmes D G in the Cup and won another 17 races and stakes of $601,524 from the stable of Colin and Julie De Filippi.
Here We Go Again, a daughter of Mach Three, was having her second start. The first foal of Kym's Girl was La Moocha, who won the first of her five starts from the De Filippi stable. Kym's Girl also has an unraced 3yr-old filly by McArdle. La Moocha has left a 2yr-old filly by Badlands Hanover.
• A veterinary examination of the favourite Sundon's Gift after the 9yr-old Victorian trotter stopped to 11th in the First Interdominion Trotter's Heat on Friday night, revealed no abnormalities.
Trainer Chris Lang sen, could offer no excuses for the performance. He said he would have the gelding monitored by a veterinarian this week leading up to the second round of heats over 2200m on Friday night.
Paul Nairn, the trainer-driver of Musgrove in the Second Trotters' Heat, was fined $500 for allowing the horse to shift in on Lets Get Serious (Mark Purdon) who broke with 1350m to run.
Lets Get Serious was observed to over-race and his connections were also warned to improve the mobile start manners of the 9yr-old.
Themightyquinn was a $3 favourite yesterday with the New Zealand TAB for the final, ahead of fellow Australians Smoken Up and Mr Feelgood at $4.
Monkey King, who finished sixth in his heat, is the highest-rated New Zealand pacer for the final, at $15. Trainer Brendon Hill and driver Ricky May said the horse did not receive a good run and would improve.
Melbourne trotter Let Me Thru is a $3 favourite for the final, after winning his heat over Sovereignty, who is a $5 second favourite. Heat winner Dr Hook is next best in the market at $6.50, from I Can Doosit on $7 and defending champion Sundon's Gift at $10.
Now's The Moment, the dam of Dr Hook, left The Truth (by Sundon), who won his first race at Methven yesterday at his sixth start.
The 3yr-old gelding is trained by Murray Edmonds at Motukarara.
