Ginger ‘N’ Pink starting to realise potential

As a two-year-old showed glimpses of good ability and now aged three she’s starting to realise that potential, winning her second race from as many runs this preparation, successful in a benchmark 70 over 1200m.

The Zoustar filly won her maiden first up at Sandown Lakeside and went right on with it at Caulfield, settling back in the field under Tatum Bull as the $2.40 betting favourite Jambalaya travelled well with a three-length lead around the bend.

Jambalaya started putting in short strides at the 100m mark and Ginger ‘N’ Pink, who was backed into $3.80 second elect with wagering sites, pounced, going on to score by 1.5 lengths over Altruist ($11) and Veecee ($19) with Jambalaya fading to finish fourth.

Peter Moody, who trains in partnership with Katherine Coleman, put her improvement down to maturity, praising Tatum Bull’s ride on a filly that can be a bit quirky.

“She does a lot of work for us at home, she’s an improving young lady and well done, well ridden, bided her time. I just told her to let her balance before she asks her and she did that… she did a good job,” Moody said.

The stable have black-type aspirations with the filly but Moody is wary of overtaxing her, suggesting she could go for a spell after this run.

“Nice filly, progressive filly, don’t know how much deeper we go this prep, she’s forever laying down… she might be a chance at the back end of the Autumn, early Winter if we can chase a bit of black-type there, I’m just not sure how much horse we’ve got to go into the Summer,” Moody said.

Tatum Bull, who notched up her second winner for the Moody & Coleman partnership and having ridden Ginger ‘N’ Pink in her third start at Geelong, said the improvement the filly has made has been remarkable.

“Completely different horse compared to when I rode her last prep, last prep she was quite raw and she’s obviously come on from that first up win and coming her today I was quietly confident with the low weight,” Bull said.

“I didn’t know if we were going to catch Jamie (Kah, aboard Jambalaya), when I looked to the inside I thought jeez she’s got a couple of lengths on me but she flew once she got to the outside.”