Precocious youngster Prom Queen has ended her two-year-old season as
emphatically as she started it.
The dashing daughter of Hallmark Stud's exciting young sire Super Easy was an easy debut winner in the spring and
at Riccarton on Saturday she again left her rivals struggling in her wake in
the Listed Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes.
In between times, Prom Queen won three further races, including the Listed
Welcome Stakes and was placed from four appearances.
"I've heard the knockers say she hasn't beaten anything but she's run the times
and she hasn't got anything to prove," said Ken Rae who trains in partnership
with his wife Lisa and their daughter Krystal Williams.
"This was her grand final and she's going home now for a spell."
As she has done with impressive regularity, Prom Queen jumped to the lead and
when asked for an effort in the straight by rider Alysha Collett she moved
smoothly into overdrive.
"She has just kept lifting," Rae said. "She's got untapped ability and has done
everything right."
Prom Queen was tracked by the last-start Woodville winner Cousteau to the turn
before the flying filly smoothly moved into overdrive and she won easing down
by five and a quarter lengths.
"The step up to 1200 metres wasn't a concern and she was doing it easily in the
last 200 metres," Collett said. "Once she gets balanced she starts to wind up
again."
While Prom Queen has showed great pace in her races to date, Rae is confident
she will be competitive at a mile in next season's Gr.1 New Zealand 1000
Guineas.
"She's got a lot of improvement in her and I've said all along the Guineas will
be the target for her," Rae said.
"We never have to slow her down in her work and she goes along at whatever
speed you want." – NZ Racing Desk.