Quality three-year-old Scott Base has gone for a spell after his victory in the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) on Saturday.

“He pulled up really well, but we have decided to put him in the paddock,” said Hollie Wynyard, who trains the Dalghar gelding with partner Johno Benner. 

“There’s not really anything else for him in New Zealand to prove anymore. Just with the issues that we have had with him it’s a bit risky to go to Australia so he’s going to be back for the spring.”

Scott Base was purchased out of Brighthill Farm’s 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock Select Yearling Sale draft by co-owner Chris Rutten for $70,000.