It had to be a low-key spring start at Warwick Farm for lightly raced mare

Trainer John Thompson dipped his toe in the black-type water with lightly raced mare Ithadtobezou in the autumn, but has opted for a low-key spring kick-off at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

The now four-year-old earned her way to stakes company with successive Canterbury wins and a narrow defeat to start her previous campaign and if she’s headed back that way a first-up win in the James Squire Handicap (1100m) would be a good start.

Thompson said all indications were that Ithadtobezou had…