Move To Strike (Wiremu Pinn) claims a valuable Group One successThe lush autumn grass of Te Akau Stud is a far cry from the cut and thrust of Australian Group One racing, but it’s all that matters right now to stable star Imperatriz following her stupendous season across the Tasman.
After two spring lead-up trials from Te Akau’s Matamata stable, Imperatriz took up where she had left off in the previous autumn as she became the flagbearer for the operation’s new Cranbourne stable in Victoria. Having opened her Australian Group One account in the William Reid Stakes, the final start of her four-year-old season last autumn, Imperatriz took Melbourne sprinting ranks by storm with an unbeaten streak of five wins headed by the Gr. 1 Moir Stakes, Manikato Stakes, VRC Stakes and Lightning Stakes before having to settle for second by that proverbial train-stopper – weight – in the Gr. 1 Newmarket Handicap.
