Laxon's Waikato and Intercept sizzle in trial
Laxon’s Waikato and Intercept sizzle in trial
0 Comments | New Straits Times, Jul 28, 2010
WAIKATO and Intercept, both trained by Laurie Laxon, showed they are ready for a crack at the Chairman’s Trophy over 1800m on Friday with good workouts yesterday.
Both cantered one round and then covered the final 600 metres in 35.9 seconds.
Waikato, the six-year-old New Zealand gelding by Pins has chalk up 15 wins and 18 placings from 38 outings, while Intercept, a four- year-old New Zealand gelding has seven wins and 10 placings in 18 runs to date.
Last time out Waikato took the Group 3 event over 1400m beating Lim’s Fighter by 1 1/2 lengths on July 11, while Intercept was third to Race Ahead in the Group 1 event over 2000m on the same day at Kranji.