Raw Impulse was a late nomination for Saturday\u2019s Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m). Photo: Darryl Sherer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Darren Weir-trained import Raw Impulse has been sent to New Zealand in a bid to rediscover winning form.<\/p>\n
Once rated one of the most promising horses in Weir’s stable after winning his first three Australian starts, Raw Impulse is a late entry for the Group One Windsor Park Plate at Hastings.<\/p>\n
The former UK stayer will remain in Weir’s name on Saturday but will race on in New Zealand from Fraser Auret’s Marton stables.<\/p>\n
“We’re just looking to change his environment a bit and try to get him back into some sort of form,” Australian Bloodstock manager Jamie Lovett told the NZ Racing Desk.<\/p>\n
Raw Impulse has finished down the course in two Melbourne starts this season and Lovett blamed hard tracks for the gelding’s below-par record since his last win in Adelaide two years ago.<\/p>\n\n
“We’re hoping for some soft conditions, that is what we are looking for,” Lovett said.<\/p>\n
“He is a horse that has got unlimited ability but he had a chip out of a knee and we just haven’t had him right since then.<\/p>\n
“He doesn’t let down on these fast tracks that we seem to be getting in Australia all the time, so we are hoping we can just get the right conditions over there.<\/p>\n
“He’s a genuine Group horse on his day, given the right conditions.”<\/p>\n
Raw Impulse is far from certain to make the Windsor Park field after fellow late entrant Lizzie L’Amour was elevated to third in the ballot.<\/p>\n
He sits 16th in the order of entry for a race restricted to 14 runners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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