US import Unusual Suspect broke a two year drought when scoring in Sunday's Werribee Cup (2600m) for trainer Mick Kent and jockey Brad Rawiller. Despite the 9YO having never won in Australia (his last win was the Grp 1 Hollywood Turf Club in November 2010), Kent says it wasn't the horse's fault that he'd been so long out of the winner's stall. "This is probably the first race I've run him in where he's had a realistic chance," Kent says. "We took him to Dubai and it was disastrou
US import Unusual Suspect broke a two year drought when scoring in Sunday's Werribee Cup (2600m) for trainer Mick Kent and jockey Brad Rawiller. Despite the 9YO having never won in Australia (his last win was the Grp 1 Hollywood Turf Club in November 2010), Kent says it wasn't the horse's fault that he'd been so long out of the winner's stall. "This is probably the first race I've run him in where he's had a realistic chance," Kent says. "We took him to Dubai and it was disastrous as he was quarantined by himself...His runs in both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups last year were really good,; he ran in the Moonee Valley Cup this year and was terribly in under the set weights and penalties and ran really well and then he ran well at Sandown."