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Luckygray back for feature sprints
West Australian Racing
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Luckygray will target the Newmarket Handicap (1200m) first-up at Flemington on March 9.
The Poletti-trained galloper hasn’t raced since winning the Group I Kingston Town Classic over 1800 metres on December 8.
In his last venture to Melbourne, the Bradbury’s Luck gelding finished fourth in the Group II Peter Lawrence Stakes and 11th in the Group II Memsie Stakes on wet tracks.
The striking grey is yet to taste defeat over 1200 metres in five starts and is likely to meet Barakey in the feature sprints.
Poletti said the Doncaster Mile in April was still a possibility for Luckygray, who returned to his stables on Monday.
"The Newmarket is his main aim," Poletti told The West.
"He will be entered for the Doncaster, but whether he has another start will depend on how things go.
"I plan to get stabling at Flemington so he can have a trial up the straight before the Newmarket."
The Poletti-trained galloper hasn’t raced since winning the Group I Kingston Town Classic over 1800 metres on December 8.
In his last venture to Melbourne, the Bradbury’s Luck gelding finished fourth in the Group II Peter Lawrence Stakes and 11th in the Group II Memsie Stakes on wet tracks.
The striking grey is yet to taste defeat over 1200 metres in five starts and is likely to meet Barakey in the feature sprints.
Poletti said the Doncaster Mile in April was still a possibility for Luckygray, who returned to his stables on Monday.
"The Newmarket is his main aim," Poletti told The West.
"He will be entered for the Doncaster, but whether he has another start will depend on how things go.
"I plan to get stabling at Flemington so he can have a trial up the straight before the Newmarket."
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It will be interesting to see how he goes down the straight, many good horses have tried and failed. Hope Barakey and Luckygray can represent WA well, which i dont have many doubts on.
for a strat i'd engaged a local jock for both of them....
Don't know if that equates to being around though
Black Caviar wont go there as she would get top weight, which im guessing is 58kg for Mares? With doubts about her come back, i think they will take easier options.
LG is 117 and Barakey is 112 on ratings if LG got 56kg and the great mare got 59kg or even 60kg it wouild be a no race still IMO
I was more curious however about the weight BC would recieve, anyone know the maximum that can be given in the Newmarket? Haylist got 58kg for a gelding, but hes a few rating points behind black caviar who i would imagine would get 58kg which would be the equivilant to a gelding/stallion 60kg. Unsure if anyone knows the stipulation for this race?
Good luck
Not that many horses run first up in it as they usually either run in either the lightning or the oakleigh plate first up or both so that stat's pretty much irrelevant.
Black Caviar would have to get 60kg having now won an international Group 1 beating a genuine superstar in Moonlight Cloud in the process and seriously doubt Moody would ask her to do that at this stage of her career having already set a weight carrying record for a mare of 58kg plus she's won numerous Group1's since so she certainly wouldn't get anything less than 60kg.
same as the railway gauges....
=))
The greyhounds and the pacers all go the anti clockwise, even in nsw and qld
not so many petty jealousies.
:D :-/ =))
What about the 70+ gr-1s he has that SOD hasnt pleaseeeeeeeeeee time to wake up one of the greatest jocks in world along with C Williams small town syndrome hey :))
it's called loyalty, Brown has won in Melb before for J T