Personality: It really is my way or the highway with Nova who will throw some serious fits and temper tantrums when things fail to go her way. She’s aggressive and commonly tries to take chunks out of anyone who tries to tell her what to do. The only people she’ll tolerate any sort of direction from are those with a will equal to her own. This is mainly because Nova will only try to defy her handlers if she actually feels she’ll be successful in doing so and so won’t bother if she feels she’s likely to be unsuccessful with certain people. The filly has a real attitude problem and can be particularly mean-spirited when in a bad mood. She’s a loner, preferring to be in her stall and away from other horses as much as possible. Nova has a severe dislike for being disturbed once she’s made herself comfortable in her stall so don’t expect friendly greetings, you’ll generally be greeted by pinned ears if you approach her stall, and naturally she’s particularly irritable when first moved out of her stall. She’s always aggressive towards other horses, determined to establish her dominance and assert who is boss and has no qualms about getting into fights. Racing Style: Stalker Nova runs how she wants to. She strongly dislikes being told to go faster and will make her move when she wants to rather than when her jockey asks her to so it is just as well she’s intelligent enough to make her own moves. She breaks reasonably well from the gate but not spectacularly and likes to settle in beside the leader to try and wear them out by challenging them for the lead. She doesn’t really want the lead though in the earlier stages of the race and if the leader drops back rather than fight her she’ll also ease off the pace and settle back in behind the leader. The filly has impressive reserves of pace at the end of a race with seemingly buckets of stamina. She assesses the situation and pushes for the lead in either the final turn or the stretch when she’ll run with a bloody-minded stubbornness towards winning by as many lengths as she can, liking to leave lots of space behind her and assert her dominance.
Race Record: 2-1-0-1 Current Season 1st in Avril Maiden (9F/D) Apr Wk 1 3rd in Justin Lee Maiden (12F/D) Mar Wk 3