Jazzland Fit And Ready For Rosehill Test

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Kristen Buchanan might have second-guessed her opinion of Jazzland if not for some technological back-up.

The gelding had shown ability at home but finished down the track in five before he even got to the races.

When he did make his debut he was well beaten in a maiden at Taree.

Luckily, Buchanan kept faith in and her horse, with the support of a group of patient owners.

“I use an E-Trakka, which is a GPS and heart rate monitoring system, and on a lot of the parameters of that he's an outstanding athlete,” Buchanan said.

“His recovery is , his movement is amazing. He ticks a lot of boxes there so I used to go on and on about him.

“His first trials didn't look so fabulous.

“But I had that background information to add to my thoughts on him and the owners trusted me and were very patient and now they're reaping some rewards.”

After that inglorious first start, Jazzland was spelled and returned ready to be a racehorse.

He followed a win at Muswellbrook with a second to reigning favourite Scarlet Dream at before stringing together back-to-back middle-distance wins at his home track of , one of them by almost nine lengths.

He finished runner-up on resumption over 1600 metres at earlier this month and will appreciate a distance rise to 1800 metres in the Hall of Fame Handicap at on Saturday.

Buchanan has big dreams for Jazzland but is happy to take a conservative approach for now and let the horse go through his grades, starting with his first test in Saturday company.

“We do have some bigger races in mind for him but he's got a couple of rungs on the ladder to step up first,” she said.

“There's some really nice form around him. He's a nice, progressive stayer in the making.”

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