She’s No Saint picture perfect for Sunline Vase

It is often said that a picture paints a thousand words, and one in particular has been speaking volumes to Ruakaka trainer Michelle Bradley as she prepares She’s No Saint for the Group 3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.

“I took a video for the clients yesterday and she was standing perfectly still so I took a photo at the same time,” Bradley said.

“I haven’t gone back to look at the photo of her as a yearling and compared the two, but I have sat back and looked at that photo over the last couple of days and I have thought ‘geez, she is developing into a lovely filly’.  I think she is not far from being fully grown now, she has just got to fill out.

“You hear of these mares, like Well Written, and I haven’t seen her in person this time back, but it sounds like she has really filled out and matured. That is what this filly has to do now. She has put all her weight over spelling time into growing up. It is just time for her to start growing out and getting stronger, which will happen in time.”

The daughter of Prague is coming of age this preparation, winning her last three starts, including an eye-catching 3-3/4 length victory in the Group 3 Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at her home track last month. 

“I wasn’t really expecting her to jump out and get it cruisy like she did (last start),” Bradley said. “It was really good to see.”