Trainer Stephen McKee said he would consider sending Boundless to Sydney for the $A500,000 AJC Oaks at Randwick on April 30.
Boundless recorded an outstanding win in the New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday. She disputed the pace, went clear in the middle stages and staved off Referred by a neck.
McKee said Boundless would be better suited to the right-handed way of racing at Randwick, compared with the left-handed direction at Trentham.
Boundless, an $80,000 purchase at the 2006 National Yearling Sales, is raced by a syndicate that includes Trevor McKee, father of the trainer. Trevor relinquished his licence as a trainer two seasons ago.
He won the Oaks with Solveig in 1985. Stephen was formerly in partnership with his father for 20 years.
Others in the syndicate are Neil Miller, of Auckland; Paul Dallimore, of Christchurch, and Cherry Taylor. The latter bred Boundless in partnership with the family trust of her husband, Brent, who operates Trelawney Stud at Cambridge.
Miller (69), has not previously raced a horse although he is a longtime member of the Counties Racing Club. He was encouraged to take a share in Boundless by Trevor McKee.
Stephen McKee had 75 wins for $1.2 million stakes last season on his own account and finished second in the premiership. He has won 53 races and $1.5m this season.
Trevor McKee assists his son and was at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Stephen McKee won a host of group one races in partnership with his father, including 13 with Sunline. He has had three on his own account. The others are the Zealand Breeders' Stakes for fillies and mares at Te Aroha with Captivate and the Levin Classic with Keepa Cruisin.
Boundless is from the first crop of Van Nistelrooy and the ninth foal of Nothing Less, a Star Way mare from Limitless, by Sir Tristram from Coverless, by Zamazaan. Nothing Less is a sister to Zero Limit, a listed race winner over 2400m in Australia. Limitless won a Brisbane Cup.
Van Nistelrooy shuttled for four years to Trelawney Stud from the United States. A Futurity Stakes winner at the Curragh as a 2yr-old, the son of Storm Cat did not return this year.
Kaatoon, the Oaks favourite, finished seventh. Her trainer, Roger James, felt she did not stay the distance. She underwent a veterinary examination after the race but nothing was found amiss.
Footnote: A colt named Boundless won the Gloaming Stakes for 3yr-olds at Trentham in 1964.
The son of Targui-Infinity, trained by Joe Shaw at Riccarton, won the Manawatu, Wairarapa and North Canterbury Cups the same season. He was a brother to champion galloper Cadiz.
- Katy Keen, winner of the $120,000 New Zealand Leger on Saturday, is by a stallion who stood for $2500.
She is trained at Tauranga by Stuart Manning, who shares the ownership of the 4yr-old mare with his partner, Kaye Durrant.
Katy Keen is by Zorro's Lad, who stood for $2500 at Cheval Stud at Te Awamutu, operated by Frank Drummond, a friend of Manning's.
Zorro's Lad, who won a maiden race in Canberra, was a halfbrother by Danehill to Kidlat, a listed race winner in Australia. Zorros's Lad stood four seasons in Australia and New Zealand until his death in November, 2005.
Katy Keen is the first foal of Tangelo, an Exploding Prospect mare who was unplaced in two starts. Tangelo was out of Gropak, a daughter of Prepak, winner of the 1973 NZ One Thousand Guineas.
Manning (65) trained Syndrome, who won 15 races in the 1970s including the Rotorua Cup, Cornwall Handicap and Mitchelson Cup at Ellerslie.
Tangelo was gifted to Manning and Durrant after she went amiss.
Manning, an uncle of Ralph Manning, trainer of Seachange, prepares his five horses on the beach.
Katy Keen has raced 15 times for five wins, a second and a third. Yesterday's winning purse of $79,000 took her earnings to more than $176,000.
Jockey Leith Innes said the favourite, Thumbs Up, only battled in the home straight, finishing fifth.
