Bruce Harpley is hoping Pearls For Tash can continue on the family legacy as she starts her career at Junee on Wednesday.
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The three-year-old filly is a half-sister to group one performer Rubies For Tash and is the second foal of group one placegetter Roses For Tash.
She’s come up with barrier one in the Next Meeting 19th January Pace (1760m), but Harpley is wary of her inexperience.
“She’s missed a couple of trials as it seems to rain every Wednesday so she is still learning a bit,” Harpley said.
“She was only very ordinary in work but her two trials I’ve been extremely happy with.
“She doesn’t know anything about racing yet, but on heart rates and sectionals in trials she is probably one of her better ones.”
She wasn’t far behind the older horses at Junee’s trials last week which has given Harpley some hope.
While unraced as a two-year-old it wasn’t exactly be design.
Instead time simply got away on the Junee trainer-driver who bred and owns the filly with wife Tash.
“Mid summer I thought to have six weeks off then try to win a race late in the season and the six weeks turned into six months,” Harpley said.
“I just had too many horses and I was going to get her back in, going to get her back in and then you miss the window and there was no point getting them back as you missed your two-year-old anyway.
“She did grow a lot as she was pretty little.”
Bathurst visitor Caribbean Jack looms as the big danger for Gemma and Mat Rue coming off efforts in Evolution Series races.
However Harpley has the barrier advantage with Caribbean Jack set to start from the outside of the second row.
The first of seven races at Junee starts at 6.33pm.
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