Green Card impresses with Caulfield win

Saturday 4 July 2015, 12:39pm

Connections of Green Card have spring carnival aspirations for the two-year-old after he toyed with his opposition at Caulfield.

Green Card backed up a first-up win a Bendigo with a four-length victory in Saturday's Ted Rainford Plate (1100m) in his fourth career start.

"That was pretty painless," co-trainer Craig Widdison said.

"I thought he could win but I was surprised with how well he did it.

"We've got a bit of an opinion of him so he'll probably have a bit of a freshen up now and target something in the spring."

Widdison said Green Card would be nominated for the Group One Caulfield Guineas.

Green Card, a drifter from $2.80 to $3.20 favourite, settled close to the speed and moved up three-wide to join the leaders on the turn.

He took over soon after and strode clear from the 300m to beat leader Magna Rossa ($10) with Jalan Jalan ($5) running on for third, another half neck away.

"I didn't think I was going as well as I was coming to the turn," jockey Linda Meech said.

"But he's a lazy sort of horse and I think he was just conserving his energy. When I gave him a slap he surprised me (how he sprinted clear)."

– AAP

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