“This is extra special as she is a tough filly who has shown a lot the whole way through,” Sweeney said.
“It is a great team of owners, 47 or 49 of them, and I’m so thankful to them. There are a lot of characters in there and, when she won at Te Aroha, they were all in the pub at Papamoa and having an absolute blast.
“I did say to Joe that she does like to be on pace and I couldn’t believe how easily she was travelling.
“I thought we were a massive chance then and I’m just rapt with her.
“We will now carry on with her three-year-old campaign after we see how she pulls up.”
Bred by Waikato Stud, Tellum is out of the Fastnet Rock mare Early Morning Rise, who is a daughter of class racemare Kay’s Awake who was placed on four separate occasions at Group One level.
She has now won three of her seven starts and more than $180,000 in prizemoney.
– LOVERACING.NZ News Desk
