Kosciuszko deal can still be Dunn
MURWILLUMBAH trainer Matt Dunn has not given up hope the stable can have a runner in the $1.3 million The Kosciuszko in Sydney despite missing out in the original draft.
Dunn hopes his runners Snitz and La Scopa will show at Eagle Farm tomorrow that they should have been snapped up for The Kosciuszko (1200m) and are ready if there are any withdrawals.
The Kosciuszko will have 14 runners at Randwick on October 19. It is run along the lines of a sweepstakes with members of the public buying tickets in a draw and the 14 successful entrants getting to select a horse for the race.
Dunn’s horses are eligible for the race because he is based in country NSW.
“We thought we would try something different this year and offer the choice of the stable,” said Dunn, who was represented by Snitz in the race last season.
“We thought rather than declare one horse six weeks out, a slot holder could pick our stable and then wait until the week before for a final selection. In that way you avoid a horse breaking down or losing all form.
“We actually have nine horses, including La Scopa and Snitz, who would be ideal for the race. If there is an unfortunate late withdrawal we might get picked up.”
Snitz will run in the Cascade Handicap (1200m) tomorrow and La Scopa in the TAB Handicap (1200m).
“Both ran well at their last starts so I would them to be thereabouts,” Dunn said.
He has taken the blinkers off Snitz who drops in class.
■ THE Edmonds training partnership seems to have found the key to one problem child and hope to do the same with another at Eagle Farm.
The combination of Toby Edmonds and his son Trent got their 19th winner for the season when Dream Master won by 4½ lengths at Doomben on Wednesday.
Dream Master has been a trial for the partnership because of his habit of dropping his jockeys including at his previous start at the Gold Coast when he unloaded Jackson Murphy just after the start.
The team now hopes it can get Cadogan back in the winner’s circle in the Cascade Handicap tomorrow.
Cadogan was considered a genuine winter carnival contender this year but missed his chance with a virus.
“We had no choice but to miss the winter carnival and give him a good break,” Edmonds said.
“He showed he was getting back near his best with his last-start third at Eagle Farm two weeks ago.”