Team Williams, who won last year’s Melbourne Cup with Twilight Payment, are likely to have a couple of runners, but OTI director Terry Henderson said he’d be surprised if more than a handful of internationals decide to travel to Melbourne. True Self, an OTI Racing-owned mare who has twice travelled to Australia, was ruled out of the spring on Sunday after injuring a suspensory over the weekend. a six-runner field behind Forgotten Rules (winner of the British Champions. An early market lists Kiwi champion Probabeel as favourite for the $2 million race, even though she contested the Moonee Valley championship last year.Īs far as the internationals go, the list of raiders set to target the Melbourne spring carnival is thinning. Bondi Beach (foaled 23 February 2012) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. Graceful Girl, backing up for trainers Grant and Alana Williams, is the TAB’s $2.70 favorite in the Raconteur Stakes, tightening from $3.20.The same goes for The Invitation, a new initiative this year to be run on Cox Plate day. He posted back-to-back wins on All Gee (2016) and Variation (2017). Lily Fields has been congratulated 1,171.
“The set weight and penalties will be a help.”īrad Parnham will chase a third Raconteur Stakes victory aboard Kallaroo. Check the horse rider page belonging to Lily Fields, breeder of 33 on Howrse. “He is not a big horse and carrying big weight has an impact,” Morton said. Kallaroo carries 57kg for Brad Parnham in the Raconteur Stakes and has drawn barrier four.Īfter lumping 59.5kg, 58kg and 60kg this campaign, Morton believes the set weights and penalties scale of the Raconteur will help Kallaroo.
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“I have full respect for the rest of the field, but I think he’s the forgotten horse.” “This is the race he’s been set for and I’m happy with where he’s at. “His work on Tuesday was very good and Brad (Parnham) gave a positive report. “I had a look at his price and think it’s off the mark,” Morton told The Races WA. Unplaced in three runs his preparation, Kallaroo is a $34 outsider, but Morton doesn’t see it that way and believes the gelding has got under the radar of punters. Few are cared for as well as those on the Somme or in Flanders. With Kissonallforcheeks spelling and Snickerdoodledandy now in Melbourne, Morton hopes Kallaroo can continue his three-year-old momentum.īy Geisel Park stallion All American, Kallaroo will chase a second three-year-old feature race when he contests Saturday’s Listed Raconteur Stakes (1400m) at Belmont. There are literally hundreds of war graves dotted around church and chapel yards in the county. Kallaroo scored a career-best victory in the Fairetha Stakes (1400m), outpointing Western Empire, a subsequent WA Derby (2400m) champion in April. He is very curious about the chickens, but he has already become quite attached to his new human. Snickerdoodledandy defeated Kissonallforcheeks in the Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) to give Morton a race quinella. He loves the horses, other dogs and goats. Kissonallforcheeks took out the Lee Steere Classic (1400m) and the WA Breeders Classic (1400m). His Ascot summer carnival hit a peak with Kissonallforcheeks, Snickerdoodledandy and Kallaroo. By any measure, Dan Morton has enjoyed a successful three-year-old season.
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