Grafton bid for Crush

IN-FORM stayer First Crush will be given the chance to avenge his defeat in last year’s Grafton Cup rather than tackling the Group 3 Queen’s Cup at Caloundra.

First Crush was second in the Ipswich and Caloundra cups at his past two runs .

Trainer Chris Munce weighed up the options for the Grafton Cup on Thursday and Saturday’s Queen’s Cup and decided First Crush deserved another chance at the NSW Northern Rivers race.

The gelding won the Grafton Cup Prelude last year before finishing ninth in the Cup.