Group 1 contenders and million-dollar race hopefuls will work at Caulfield on Tuesday morning ahead of Saturday’s Victorian Owners and Breeders Race Day at Caulfield, where the full sister to last year's $1million Showdown winner McGaw will get the chance to emulate the success of of her sibling.
Sale debut winner Lagunanini (I Am Immortal), from the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable, and first-starter Lomu (I Am Immortal), trained by Emma-Lee and David Browne, will gallop on Tuesday ahead of Saturday’s $1 million VOBIS Platinum Showdown (1200m) for two-year-olds at Caulfield.
Lagunanini, purchased by Busuttin Racing for $160,000 as a yearling, is the younger sister of last year’s Showdown winner McGaw.
The Brownes will also bring Khadira (Admire Mars) to gallop down the Caulfield straight ahead of the Listed Valley Pearl (1200m) on William Reid Stakes Day at Caulfield on March 21.
Chris Waller will be represented at the gallops by last year’s Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) runner-up Buckaroo, who will be joined by last-start Group 2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) winner Birdman. The pair are likely acceptors for Saturday’s $500,000 Group 2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m).
Gavin Bedggood’s Group 1 winner Mornington Glory will also use this week’s gallop as a launching pad for a first-up attempt in the Listed Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) at Flemington on March 28.
Ciaron Maher will similarly use the morning to improve the fitness of four horses set to resume in the coming weeks. Maher’s quartet is headlined by recent stable addition Land Legend, who finished third in the 2024 Caulfield Cup, and four-time Caulfield Group 3-winning sprinter Recommendation.
WHAT: Caulfield Victorian Owners & Breeders Race Day Trackwork
WHERE: Caulfield Racecourse
DATE: Tuesday 10 March
TIME: Gallops start from 6:55AM
PARKING/ENTRY: Media entry via Gate 9, Kambrook Road and parking in Maple Carpark.
