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Racing: Trainer Stephen Autridge wants Needle And Thread to ask questions of NZ Oaks favourite Amarelinha
17 Mar, 2021 07:30 AM
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Needle And Thread, winning the Group 2 Royal Stakes at Ellerslie in January, will challenge Amarelinha. Photo / Trish Dunell
NZ Herald
Trainer Stephen Autridge wants his high class filly Needle And Thread to ask questions of NZ Oaks favourite Amarelinha.
And the most obvious of those questions is: can you stay?
Autridge and training partner Kris Shailer prepare the $6.50 second favourite for the $400,000 classic at Trentham on Saturday for which Amarelinha has opened the $1.55 elect.
Amarelinha has beaten Needle And Thread both times they have met, thrashing her in the Ellis Classic at Te Rapa last month but only just nosing her out in the Sunline Vase at Ellerslie 11 days ago.