Pelosa poised to kick-start campaign for O'Shea at Wyong
A promising Randwick-based filly is on a payback mission, and a potential trip north for bigger targets if she salutes at Thursday's Wyong meeting.
Pelosa, a smart three-year-old daughter of prolific sire Russian Revolution in the John O'Shea and Tom Charlton yard, tackles a benchmark 64 handicap for fillies over 1350m.
It comes after she was very stiff not to win on Anzac Day charging home late from well back to miss by a whisker third-up on the Kensington track after being well backed from a high of $4.40 into $3.50.
Pelosa took a long time to hit top gear that day, and stewards later confirmed she had begun awkwardly and lost valuable early ground.
She now returns to provincial company nearly five weeks after announcing her potential by thrashing a handy maiden field at Hawkesbury.
Sparingly raced since debuting at Kembla more than a year ago, Pelosa draws wide with Andrew Adkins in the saddle, but has a natural liking for settling off speed and getting to the outside late.
She opened a narrow $3.20 favourite in early betting ahead of Super Nui ($3.50) with a big gap to the next runners around $8.50 and longer.
Connections will also be buoyed by the drying track, with a Soft 6 rating through Wednesday likely to reach a Soft 5 by the time the meeting gets underway.
The O'Shea-Charlton stable will be hoping Pelosa is the first half of a double winning strike to close the meeting.
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