Wrote To Arataki registered her first win in just shy of 18 months when successful in the Group 3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m).
The Matthew Williams-trained mare had a less than satisfactory spring campaign last year with the mare sent to another spelling property in a bid to revitalise her.
In two runs for the campaign, Wrote to Aratki has shown some of her customary fight and jockey Dean Yendall said the rain that fell on Saturday suited the mare.
“She went by the wayside and lost her way, but she had a little bit of an ocean break elsewhere and she obviously enjoyed it because she’s come back really good,” Yendall said.
“She probably felt the track a little bit (first-up), being on the firmer side, and when that rain came, I thought that’d put her in it right up to her eyeballs.
“She’s much happier in that situation on that going.”
Williams was absent on Saturday, attending a family function in Port Fairy.
