\u201cOnly last weekend we had rain on the Sunday, but it was still like 30 degrees,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was pretty much firm decks all the time there.\u201d<\/p>\n
King may apply for another contract in Japan next year but for now, she is focused on Sydney and the looming spring carnival.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, she links up with the Bjorn Baker-trained Arapaho, which she took to an upset win in the group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) in autumn. The nine-year-old is on a cups path and resumes over 1400m in the Winx Stakes. He is $31 (Sportsbet) in the star-studded field, but he has two wins and three placings in eight tries in heavy going.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing is he does handle heavy tracks, so I think we\u2019ll be getting that, but very pleased to be back with him again,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd he\u2019s definitely one I\u2019m looking forward to for the spring. He\u2019s been a highlight for a few years. He\u2019s like a little warhorse; he just keeps turning up. So good to have him back again.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll obviously be looking to get up over a bit further, but it\u2019ll be a good kick-off point for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
King also rides Bonita Queen ($15) for Baker in the group 3 Toy Show Quality (1100m). It will be her first race ride on the front-runner since piloting her to second on debut two years ago at Hawkesbury.<\/p>\n
\u201cI lost her after her first start, but I\u2019m pleased to be back on her,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u2019ll be a bit of a case of who handles the track best. But she\u2019s very fit and ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
King could also ride the Brad Widdup-trained Hasty Honey ($7.50) in the group 3 Premier\u2019s Cup. She was down to race in the Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury on Thursday, but the meeting was washed out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOnly last weekend we had rain on the Sunday, but it was still like 30 degrees,\u201d she said.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-81805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}