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Sistema Stakes on the cards for daughter of Capitalist.

Mozzarella (Capitalist) - who added a second consecutive victory to her CV when she landed a race over 1000 metres at Riccarton on Saturday - will head north with co-trainers Nick Wigley and Kayla Milnes eyeing a stakes victory with the two-year-old daughter of Capitalist (Written Tycoon). 

"We were sort of expecting it because we used the first run just as a trial," co-trainer Nick Wigley said.

"She was always going to improve from that. I think she will improve further, we haven't done much with her. She potted around in the surf for a fortnight and that run will improve her even further."

While she finished unplaced in her first two starts in the spring, Wigley said she had her excuses and now he is looking forward to tackling some juvenile features in the North Island with his filly.

"She was always a filly who wanted to be a racehorse the minute we put a bridle on her," he said.

"Things went wrong in her first couple of starts. In her first start she got cannoned into and the rider was knocked off and that upset her a bit before the start. In the Welcome Stakes we were nursing her through shin soreness, and she was pretty sore after the race.

"We put her out for a while and fortunately she has come back and been a pretty useful two-year-old.

"She seems to have pulled up pretty well, she ate up on Saturday night, which is a good sign."

Mozzarella is scheduled to head north at the end of the week, however, Wigley said the current COVID-19 alert levels have put a spanner in the works.

"At this stage, she is booked to go up next weekend to Matamata, depending on COVID," he said.

"It is unknown, so we will just see what happens after Wednesday. We will know more after that."

Her first northern assignment will be the Matamata Breeders' Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Matamata on Saturday week, before the Sistema Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Ellerslie a fortnight later.

"I don't like the idea of three races in a month, only two weeks apart, but I think she is a filly who would cope with it," Wigley said.

Mozzarella's sire, the Newgate Farm-based Capitalist (Written Tycoon) heads the leading first season sires table by earnings in both Australia and New Zealand, with prize money earning of over NZ$60,000 ahead of nearest rival Belardo (Lope De Vega) in the New Zealand table.