Kuro adds to Pride's early-season charge

Wednesday 27 August 2014, 4:46pm

Joe Pride's best day at the races has been turned into the hottest winning streak of the young trainer's career.

Pride claimed four of the eight races at Randwick last Saturday and either side of that haul he trained a winner at Canterbury before he opened Wednesday's rain-sodden Warwick Farm meeting with Kuro scoring first-up for the stable.

"That's six winners from the last six races we've had runners in," Pride said.

Just as impressive is Pride's strike-rate for the firm which syndicated Kuro and is benefiting from Pride's flying start to the new season of racing.

"I'm three wins from three starts - all over 1000 metres - for Champion Thoroughbreds," Pride said.

Kuro was heavily backed to win the TAB Early Quaddie Handicap but there were some anxious moments before the colt gained a photo-finish verdict over Directive.

Pride's winning streak ended a few races later when Divertire finished second to the Chris Waller-trained The Alfonso.

Anthony Cummings revisited a racing program from 12 months ago to keep High Above on course for the spring after her win in the Testa Rossa @ Vinery Stud Maiden Handicap.

Cummings won the 1400-metre race last year with Wordplay before that filly ran second to Savvy Nature in the Spring Stakes at Newcastle at her next start.

"It's worked coming to this race before so I thought there's no reason why it couldn't work again," Cummings said.

High Above relished the bottomless conditions to career away from her rivals after putting paid to the leader at the 300m.

The Gooree-owned filly will also contest the Spring Stakes en route to a Flight Stakes start and a Melbourne carnival campaign.

Cummings landed a race-to-race double when first starter Road To Shangri La ran on from the back to win the Carlton House @ Darley Maiden Handicap.

– AAP

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