Where only perfection will do.

More than three months after starting her career with a pair of promising summer placings, Pencarrow filly Biding My Time (NZ) (Circus Maximus) made a bold return to racing in the $25,000 Trackside.co.nz 1200 at Ellerslie on Monday.

The David Greene-trained three-year-old made her debut with a second at Taupo on December 28, then filled the same placing again at Te Rapa on January 16.

The Pencarrow brand was carried to victory in one of the South Island’s richest races when Toa Haka (NZ) (Iffraaj) took out the $350,000 TAB Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday.

Toa Haka was bred by Pencarrow Thoroughbreds Ltd and offered in the Pencarrow draft in Book 1 of Karaka 2021, where he was bought by Greene Racing for $40,000

Wailea (NZ) (Darci Brahma) got within a nose of victory when she visited Waverley for her last start on March 18, and a return to the same venue on Friday marked another big step forward for the fast-improving filly.

The Pencarrow homebred began her career in Victoria. Back in her homeland and now a member of Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie’s Matamata stable, the three-year-old made her New Zealand debut with a big run for second in a photo finish at Waverley last month.

A career-best season for Pencarrow gelding Sunset Boulevard (NZ) (Eminent) continued in the $50,000 JR & N Berkett (2100m) at Trentham on Sunday.

The open handicap was the ninth win of a 23-start career for Sunset Boulevard, who has placed on another four occasions and has earned $233,555.