Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX
Brilliant mare Steno will travel to Sydney to contest the $200,000 Queen Elizabeth Mile at Menangle on Saturday, May 4, providing she is not chosen by Jim and Wilma Giumelli’s Swandoo Harness Racing Pty Ltd as that syndicate’s runner in the $1.25 million Nullarbor slot race at Gloucester Park next Friday week.
Jocelyn Young, who trains and drives Steno, said that she had received a phone call last Thursday from a Menangle club official informing her that Steno was definitely in line to receive an invitation to contest the Queen Elizabeth Mile.
“I was asked whether we were interested in coming to Sydney,” said Young. “I was told that Steno was on top of the list of the mares to receive an invitation, and so I assume we will get confirmation of that within the next couple of days.
“There is also a possibility of Steno being chosen by a Nullarbor slot holder. If that happens, we will stay in WA for that event. It is a $1.25 million event, and it is only an hour up the road.”
Steno is in dazzling form, having won at her past six starts, taking her record to 39 starts for 19 wins, ten placings and stakes of $363,901.