Australian Cup heroine Lala Kiwi will take aim at back-to-back Group 1 victories after producing the equal fastest performance in Saturday night’s Group 1 Perth Cup heats (520m).
Trained by Andrea Dailly, who won the Perth Cup in 2005 with Sun Hero, Lala Kiwi made it two from two at Cannington with a 29.65sec heat victory, having won the Cup Prelude one week earlier in 29.72sec.
Drawn in Box 6 in the first of six Cup heats, Lala Kiwi started $1.40 favourite and after settling second, she proved far too good for her local rivals in a 4.75L victory, her fourth straight win.
Lala Kiwi shared qualifying honours with Rostered Off, which is trained by leading WA mentor Paul Stuart, but raced and bred by the Victorian-based Four Frothys syndicate, as is litter brother Vice Grip, a 30.01sec heat winner for Adam Smithson.