Pendant Looks the Right Fit for Kazou

Relatively lightly raced with four wins and two placed performances from seven starts, the C J Waller trained Kazou (Zoustar-Cat Moves, by Tale Of The Cat) comes into Saturday's $175,000 Rosemont Stud Fillies & Mares Pendant (1400m) at Cranbourne second up from a spell. Narrowly defeating the highly touted Commemorative (I Am Invincible) last start, who has since finished fourth in the Gr3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes at Caulfield last Saturday, the Coolmore Stud Inglis Easter yearling sale sold Kazou will be out to extend the quality season had by Widden Stud's Zoustar, sire of recent Gr1 winners Ozzmosis and Joliestar. Racing in the silks of international owner Kuldeep Rajput's Gandharvi, Kazou will be ridden by Damian Lane and jump from the middle of the line in barrier 5. Dropping in class from her recent efforts, if the P & P Snowden trained Revolutionary Miss (Russian Revolution-Purcentage, by Onemorenomore) can cope with her top weight assignment, then the China Horse Club bred and Sledmere Stud sold mare can record her first success since victory in the Gr2 Kewney Stakes in March this year. Quality syndicators First Light Racing will have two representatives in the race via the Simon Zahra trained Grey Northern (Shocking-Bluegrass, by Fasliyev (USA)), who will be chasing three wins on the trot, while the Annabel Neasham-trained Healing Oasis (Oasis Dream-Healing Dream, by Montjeu) resumed recently at Randwick with a solid third over 1200m and looks ready second up.

Kazou looks to have a big chance in the Pendant (pic: Steve Hart)