The New Plymouth trainer is hoping for a rain-affected surface, which would help the chances of Darci Mac in today's Central Otago Summer Cup. An unruly timer on the Omakau track's irrigation system is understood to have put the race day in jeopardy, as it caused a wet patch on the home turn. After all, the hope of striking a rain-affected track is the whole reason Darci Mac is in the South Island. That performance came on a dead rated, but rain-affected track. Last year's winner of the Central Otago Summer Cup, Secret Power, will try to keep her unbeaten record on the Omakau track intact in today's race.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 02, 2018 16:07 UTC