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Source: racingandsports.com.au
She has often played second fiddle to higher profile stalemates, but Lazzura will be given an opportunity to put her name in lights this spring with connections setting their sights on a Group One target.
Just what that goal will be remains up for debate but trainer Chris Waller is entertaining the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) in Melbourne and Epsom Handicap (1600m) in Sydney as potential aims.
“She deserves a Group One so we have to pick out the right Group One,” Waller said.
“The Sir Rupert Clarke early in the spring at Caulfield or whether we keep her up here for an Epsom and see where (stablemate) Autumn Glow is going. A few little things to map together. She will win one and maybe not just one.”
Waller’s confidence stemmed from Lazzura’s stylish return at Randwick on Saturday, the four-year-old wearing down wet track specialist With Your Blessing to take out the Show County Quality (1200m) by 1-1/2 lengths.
It was her third black type win and first since capturing the Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) in the autumn, a result that followed a Group 1 placing behind stablemate Lady Shenandoah in the Surround Stakes (1400m).
Waller has often used the Phar Lap Stakes as a launch pad for his emerging fillies and says Lazzura fits that mould.
“She is a talented filly in her own right. All those horses that have won it have gone on to win Group One races. Lazzurra is just waiting for that moment to happen,” he said.