As expected, American is all but ruled out of running in the Caulfield Cup. He was one of the 2nd acceptors but it appears the horse's owners are not serious about a CC start. They see the race as potentially 'rough' and that don't want last year's Melbourne Cup winner to be 'belted up; just a couple of weeks before the 3200m challenge. Americain's non-appearance is likely to result in CC weights rising 2kgs to ensure a minimum 57kgs topweight for the $2.5 million event. Any increase will be goo
As expected, American is all but ruled out of running in the Caulfield Cup. He was one of the 2nd acceptors but it appears the horse's owners are not serious about a CC start. They see the race as potentially 'rough' and that don't want last year's Melbourne Cup winner to be 'belted up; just a couple of weeks before the 3200m challenge. Americain's non-appearance is likely to result in CC weights rising 2kgs to ensure a minimum 57kgs topweight for the $2.5 million event. Any increase will be good news for Michael Rodd in riding December Draw, who currently has 52kgs.
Let's have another go...Flemington trainer Danny O'Brien will keep on with Shamrocker's spring prep despite the dual Grp 1 winner's disappointing effort in last Sat's Grp 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield. In other spring news, Corey Brown is booked to ride AJC Oaks winner Absolutely in the Caulfield Cup on October 15.