Coach David Pfieffer is handing a clear slate to recruit Savoir Faire because the flippantly raced mare makes her steady debut at Hawkesbury on Thursday.
The five-year-old, previously with John Thompson, seemed a horse of promise after a dynamic win at her first outing in June final yr however didn’t recapture that kind in three subsequent begins.
David Pfieffer has his eyes on some spring options after returning to the coaching ranks.Credit score:Getty
Whereas Pfieffer expects the Lander Toyota Handicap (1100m) to be a bit sharp for Savoir Faire he mentioned he can study lots about her by sending her to the races.
“It’s exhausting to get a information on her when she received over 1200m and her final begin was over a mile,” he mentioned.
“She’s a Teofilo, so that you’d anticipate she’s going to need a little bit of floor, however wanting on the horse bodily I feel she shall be greatest over 1300m-1400m.
“I need to see her get right into a rhythm, I need to study what one of the simplest ways to trip her is. It’ll be expertise for myself to study a bit extra about her.”
It’s truthful to say Savoir Faire was by no means going to face out in her barrier trials. The primary, in mid-July, was received by Belluci Babe. She completed close to the tail of the sphere in Eduardo’s August 5 trial win.
The Warwick Farm coach mentioned suggestions he had acquired from those that know the mare recommend she’s a extra mature horse than when she final raced and he’s not putting an excessive amount of emphasis on her second trial.
“It was a pleasant trial for a primary trial, it was a bit chopped up in her second trial and he or she had a blow after it,” he mentioned.
