BLUE Diamond Stakes winner Star Witness may run at Flemington on Saturday on his way to a Golden Slipper start next month if he works impressively today, reports The Age.It says: The unbeaten colt returned to Flemington on Monday to be tested as a possible late entry into the $3.5 million Golden Slipper after spending two weeks at trainer Danny O'Brien's Barwon Heads stable following his Blue Diamond triumph.''I'm really happy with him but we'll know what we are doing after he works over a half-
BLUE Diamond Stakes winner Star Witness may run at Flemington on Saturday on his way to a Golden Slipper start next month if he works impressively today, reports The Age.
It says: The unbeaten colt returned to Flemington on Monday to be tested as a possible late entry into the $3.5 million Golden Slipper after spending two weeks at trainer Danny O'Brien's Barwon Heads stable following his Blue Diamond triumph.
''I'm really happy with him but we'll know what we are doing after he works over a half-mile [800 metres] the reverse [clockwise] way at Flemington in the morning,'' O'Brien said.
''If he was to go to the Slipper, he'd either run this Saturday at Flemington or go to Sydney the following week for the Todman Stakes [at Rosehill].''
Star Witness is one of 15 entries for Saturday's listed $100,000 race at Flemington for two-year-olds over 1000 metres.
Initially, the Golden Slipper was not on the colt's autumn agenda but O'Brien said he had thrived since his astonishing Blue Diamond victory.
Connections need to pay a $150,000 late-entry fee by the end of the month if the colt is to contest the Slipper.
Star Witness entered the Golden Slipper market for the first time on Monday as a $10 equal fourth favourite with Magic Millions winner Military Rose, behind Solar Charged [$4.60] as well as Chance Bye and Beneteau at $7.