Inoue primed for first-up win at Canterbury after stable switch

Trainer Richard Litt is happy to keep the bar low for his new addition Inoue for now, but is confident a first-up win is within reach at Canterbury on Wednesday.

Litt has a long-standing relationship with Greg Ingham’s GPI Racing. Inoue was transferred to his stable from Peter Snowden because connections wanted to target Midway company and boost the horse’s confidence.

“He’s a lovely horse, he looked like he’d reached his mark a little bit with Peter and they moved him over to me because Peter isn’t eligible for the Midways,” Litt said.

“He fits in really nicely to that sort of Midway grade horse on a Saturday.

“I think he’s very capable and he can get out over a bit further, so those Midways open it up for him.

“He came over in beautiful order, Pete looked after him really well. He’s had a nice spell and his trials have been very good.”

Inoue won three of his 14 starts for Snowden, all at provincial level, and has pleased Litt leading into the Hyland Race Colours Handicap (1100m).

He’s booked Zac Lloyd to take the ride and the Warwick Farm trainer felt he had found the right race to kick off the preparation. But he qualified that by saying he’s not completely screwed down first-up.

“He loves soft ground, the 1100m looks really suitable,” he said.

“He’s drawn well, the rail’s out, Zac Lloyd’s on and everything he touches seems to be running well. It looks like a good race for him, so I’m excited to kick him off.

“Like all my horses, he’ll improve again in the next few runs, so whatever he does, there will be huge improvement.”

Litt revealed his classy filly Caffe Florian won’t be seen again until 2027 – if at all– after sustaining a tendon injury in her last-start fifth in the Arrowfield Sprint in April.

Meanwhile, he’s looking forward to debuting two-year-old filly Wildfire at Newcastle on Saturday after a recent trial win.

Mitchell Bell has been booked to ride her in the 900m maiden.

“She’s a very nice filly, she’s definitely a next preparation horse, ” he said.

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