\u201cIt was really good to get that win first-up in New Zealand, and [he was] well ridden by Hayley, she\u2019s riding in great form,\u201d said Mark Walker, who trains in partnership with Sam Bergerson. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe sent him home from Melbourne and did a surgery on him for kissing spine [syndrome] at Waikato Equine Vet Clinic, so it\u2019s great to see him bounce back from that and win so well. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew he was capable, but just with his back problems we needed to get that sorted. So well done to the vets and he\u2019s just a different horse now.\u201d <\/p>\n
On-course, assistant trainer Reece Trumper was also full of praise for the horse. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so glad to have a horse like this in the stable,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cDave [Ellis] purchased one horse out of that sale. We don\u2019t often go to the Tattersall Sale and buy them. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut things didn\u2019t go to plan for him in Melbourne, we got him back to New Zealand, he did some dressage at Prima Park with Rylee Sheehan, and we\u2019ve taken him along quietly. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe won a Listed race in Europe, so he\u2019s a pretty good horse and it\u2019s good to see him do that today. <\/p>\n
\u201cSam [Bergerson] and I went back and had a look at his replays. They were riding him very quiet and having one last shot at them, but we thought we\u2019d be positive today, and Hayley is riding terrifically well at the moment.\u201d <\/p>\n
Bright Stripes is out of the Dutch Art mare Dutch Rose, with his three career victories earning him just over $195,000 to date.<\/p>\n
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