Motherhood beckons for multiple city winner Break Card but before that happens she is being given a second chance to put a stakes win on her record.
The four-year-old runs in Saturday’s Civic Stakes having been brought back into work after a failed first venture at stud.
The four-year-old was retired after she finished out of the money in the Angst Stakes in early October and sent to Onemorenomore.
“She tested positive at 28 days but then another test showed she was no longer pregnant and must have absorbed the foal,” trainer Gerald Ryan said.
“Her owner John Baxter sent her back into training so we could give her one more chance at a stakes race before she becomes a mother.
“She has won five races and I would love to see her do it again in the Civic Stakes.”
Break Card’s six starts since she returned to the track have yielded a fourth-up win at Canterbury followed by close fifths at her past two starts.
There were four additional entries for the Listed Civic Stakes (1400m) on Tuesday after 12 were originally nominated a day earlier.
The Civic has a maximum field size of 18 meaning the well-performed Foxstar can get her campaign back on track after missing a start last Saturday.
Trainer Guy Walter was flabbergasted when Foxstar, the winner of four of her 12 starts, was named second emergency in a benchmark 90 race.
Kerrin McEvoy will ride Break Card while apprentice Ibrahim Gundogdu will be back aboard Ryan’s Extraceed in the 1400m handicap for two-year-olds.
On loan to Ryan from Mick Kent in Victoria, Gundogdu made an immediate impression, winning at his first ride in Sydney on Extraceed last Saturday week.
It was Extraceed’s first win from three starts after he showed his inexperience by doing plenty wrong at his first two.
“He’s trained on well and it would be good to see him win again,” Ryan said.
“Ridden quieter last time really helped him.
“We’ll see what happens after Saturday but four runs may be enough for his first preparation.
“He will probably miss the spring in Sydney. He might come back in the summer with a view to the autumn and winter next year.
“He has done enough as a two-year-old and I think he can go on with it next season.”
Ryan also entered Australian Star and Liuzzi in Saturday’s race in the event they don’t run at Wyong on Thursday.
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