MELODY BELLE returns to work

NZ RACING DESK reports

Melody Belle is back in work with trainers Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards ahead of another Group One campaign.

Last season’s Gr. 1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes and Karaka Million winner enjoyed a good break after a Queensland campaign that netted a victory in the Gr. 2 Queensland Sires’ Produce Stakes.

“She had an eight-week spell after returning from Brisbane and has now just finished three weeks’ pre-training on the walker,” Fortuna Syndications director John Galvin said.

“Jamie and Steve will now get her ready for a trial later in the spring, and race plans at this stage are to have her resuming over 1200 metres in early December, then into the Sistema Railway at Ellerslie on New Year’s day before tackling the Karaka 3YO Classic at the end of January.”