Promising ShamExpress filly Intan who is on a black-type trajectory

Stakes targets are in the offing for promising filly Intan (ShamExpress) if she can maintain her current trajectory.

The Tony Pike-trained daughter of Shamexpress made a pleasing start to her career when runner-up on debut as a late two-year-old last season behind subsequent Group Three winner She’s Not Saint before being pulled up at her next start.

After being freshened, she returned with a bang in her opening assignment as a three-year-old, taking care of a quality line-up, including the highly regarded Thunder In Motion, when winning over 1100m at Taupo earlier this month.

Pike has been pleased with her progression and is looking forward to her lining up in the Savaglee Standing At Mapperley Stud 3YO (1200m) at Tauranga on Saturday.

“She is not a very big filly, but she is very genuine, has got good gate speed and was good fresh-up at Taupo beating Thunder In Motion, who went on to frank that form at Wellington,” Pike said.

“She has trained on nicely and she looks like a genuine little filly who should run well again on Saturday.”

Bred and raced by Ben Kwok, Intan will be given her chance to attain black-type over the coming months.

“We will try and get some black type if possible with her,” Pike said. “Whether she is up to that level she will tell us going forward. We will get through Saturday, and she will improve again with that raceday experience, and we will possibly look at one of the three-year-old sprint races through the summer.”