No Rock No Pop, preparing for Saturday’s $60,000 Kaimai Stakes at Matamata, was one of a small number of horses to work at this morning’s Hastings track session.

Several horses from the centre were competing at Waipukurau jumpouts later in the morning while others had raced on Sunday.

Working on the plough, which provided good footing after more than 8 millimetres of rain on Sunday, No Rock No Pop worked in from the 1200m peg in 1:23.7. She ran the first 600m at three-quarter pace before sprinting home the last 600m in 36.4.

The Rock ‘N’ Pop mare was a close last start third in the Wairarapa Breeders Stakes (1600m) and will step up to a middle distance for the first time this weekend.

Can I Get An Amen, who has been freshened since finishing fourth in the Group 1 Telegraph Sprint (1200m) at Trentham more than a month ago, was let off with 1000m at three-quarter pace, running home the last 600 in 41.4. She looks to have benefited from the short break.

No Time To Jazz, who will race next in a Rating 74 race over 1400m at Hastings next Wednesday, was another who worked in at three-quarter pace from the 1000m peg before sprinting home the last 600 in 35.7. She has recorded two wins, both on her home track.

Joule, a Shocking four-year-old mare trained by Pam Holden, was timed to run a solo 1000m in 1:03.2, the last 600 in 36 while Estefania and Candle both underwent three-quarter pace workouts early in the session.