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New Zealand Racing News
Monday, May 28 2018

Shaune Ritchie has good reason to think his promising staying mare Princess El Jay can make further progress this winter.

“She’s by Rip Van Winkle and a half-sister to Bee Tee Junior so she’s got the pedigree to suggest she’ll handle the tracks,” the Cambridge trainer said.

“She’ll go to Te Rapa next. It will be six weeks between runs, but she’s not a mare that carries a lot of condition.”

Princess El Jay has won three of her 14 starts while sibling Bee Tee Junior has won eight and will be ready to resume in late July.

“He had a badly bruised heel after the New Zealand Cup,” Ritchie said. “The track was too firm for him down there.

“That’s the second time we’ve had a crack at the race with him, the first time he was a bit immature so I don’t think we’ll be going down that avenue again.”

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