Tivaci’s daughter stars at Pukekohe

Cintivee hasn’t wasted any time in delivering the first winning strike of her career.

The Tivaci filly had finished runner-up on debut at Tauranga before the Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained three-year-old finished fifth at Matamata where she suffered an interrupted run.

Stepping up in trip for the first time at Pukekohe on Wednesday afternoon, bad luck was taken out of the equation when Cintivee was first into stride to make the running and she bounded clear 200 metres from home to win with authority under rider Niranjan Parmar.

“She had been crying out for 1400 metres, but a couple of runs over 1200 metres first didn’t do her any harm and she’s definitely got the ability,” Gerard said.

“We thought the track at Pukekohe would suit her because she’s a filly that needs big open spaces and would be able to get running without having to chop and change strides around tighter tracks.”

Cintivee also took plenty of improvement from her first two appearances.

“She’s a big filly who is starting to take shape and learn a lot more, not as green as what she was, and the race looked ideal for her,” Gerard said.

“We expected a fairly bold showing and it’s great to get a win for Garry Chittick and the team there at Waikato Stud, because they’re big players in the industry and we certainly value their support.

“She loved getting to 1400 metres and even a mile could be just what she needs. It’s good to get a win on the board early in her career and she should take a lot of a benefit from it.”

Cintivee is raced by the Matamata farm and her dam Cindy Cee has a perfect record at stud with her previous representatives Willinga Freefall and Fall For Cindy both multiple winners across the Tasman.

Cindy Cee, who had a colt last year by Ardrossan, is a half-sister to the G2 Cal Isuzu Stakes winner Sports Illustrated and the family of the farm’s late multiple Australasian and European Group 1 winner and successful sire Starcraft.