Corowa trainer Geoff Duryea has ruled out a trip to Wagga on Sunday with stable star News Girl.
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Duryea nominated News Girl for the $36,000 Kooringal Stud Wagga Town Plate Prelude (1200m) but has been given 63 kilograms.
Duryea is likely to go to Caulfield on Saturday instead, where News Girl is the first emergency for the $112,000 listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m).
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She has drawn barrier one with apprentice Lewis German to ride.
"We'll wait and see what happens at Caulfield but I'd say Wagga is definitely out," Duryea said.
News Girl has a benchmark rating of 94 in NSW, compared to 88 in Victoria.
We'll wait and see what happens at Caulfield but I'd say Wagga is definitely out.
- Geoff Duryea
Duryea had set his sights on the $160,000 Wagga Town Plate (1200m) on April 30 for News Girl but now has his doubts about that as well.
"That was my aim but it's going to be mighty hard with 61, 62 kilograms," he said.
"If it's possible, I want to run her in the Town Plate. There's a lot of water to go under the bridge between now and then that I can't do anything about so we'll just wait and see."
Corowa is the next club to stage a non-TAB meeting on Saturday with 125 nominations for the six-race card.