Gun 4yo bound for NSW
TALENTED Tasmanian fouryear-old The Inevitable will head to Sydney within a fortnight to prepare for two new races on the national racing calendar.
The Inevitable’s trainer Scott Brunton yesterday confirmed the gelded son of Dundeel would have his next start at Randwick in the $500,000 Silver Eagle (1300m) and head to Rosehill three weeks later to tackle the inaugural $7.5 million Golden Eagle over 1500m.
Brunton had contemplated aiming his stable star at the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clark at Caulfield on Saturday, but he has decided to concentrate on Sydney. “The Sir Rupert Clark was tempting, but at the end of the day the Sydney races fitted in better with the horse’s training regimen,” Brunton said.
“We’ve always had the Golden Eagle on the radar and how he won at Moonee Valley last start and how he’s come through that race has convinced me to proceed with a Sydney campaign.”
The Inevitable is unbeaten from two starts this preparation. He scored first-up at Flemington in a Listed race over 1000m and last Saturday week at Moonee Valley he blitzed a strong field to win by four lengths over 1200m with Craig Williams aboard.
“We brought him straight home after the Moonee Valley win and he’s ticked all the boxes since he’s been home.”
The Inevitable will be stabled with Paul Fudge at his at Waratah Thoroughbreds property at Scone.
“We’ve been fortunate to have accommodation for the horse locked in with Paul Fudge and that was arranged by Dad [Dave Brunton],” Brunton said.
“It was important that we try to find a place that wasn’t too different from what we have at home and while the beach is a short journey from his property, the surroundings are peaceful and a lot like here at Seven Mile Beach.
“We haven’t locked in a date to head to Sydney but I’d like to think we would be at Scone a week before the Silver Eagle.” MYSTIC JOURNEY has had no ill effects from her game second to outsider Gatting in the Group 1 Makybe Diva at Flemington last Saturday. It ended her streak of seven consecutive wins, but she would have lost no admirers from a Cox Plate perspective, given she finished well clear of those who finished behind her.
Her trainer Adam Trinder said the four-year-old mare did all expected of her post-race and his only task now is to decide whether to go to the Underwood Stakes over 1800m at Caulfield on Sunday week or the Turnbull Stakes over 2000m at Flemington six days later. Alternatively, Trinder could opt to give her two more starts before the Cox Plate and run her in the Underwood Stakes on September 29 and the Caulfield Stakes (2000m) a fortnight later, which is two weeks before the Cox Plate, in which she is the $5 favourite. TASMANIAN jockey Raquel Clark, who is now domiciled in South Australia where she is reigning premier jockey, registered her first win at Flemington last Saturday aboard the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained Dalasan in the Danehill Stakes.
The talented young rider delivered a gem of a ride to secure victory that had bookmakers slashing his price to $5.50 favourite to win the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas next month.