AN INJURY set-back for Victoria Derby winner Lion Tamer has thrust his emerging stablemate We Can Say It Now into Melbourne's autumn carnival spotlight, with the filly now being aimed at the $1 million Australian Guineas at Flemington in March, reports The Age.It says: Lion Tamer's co-trainer Bjorn Baker said yesterday that Lion Tamer was now unlikely to come to Melbourne this autumn. Instead he would be set solely for the Sydney classics, culminating in the AJC Derby, after recently receiving a
AN INJURY set-back for Victoria Derby winner Lion Tamer has thrust his emerging stablemate We Can Say It Now into Melbourne's autumn carnival spotlight, with the filly now being aimed at the $1 million Australian Guineas at Flemington in March, reports The Age.
It says: Lion Tamer's co-trainer Bjorn Baker said yesterday that Lion Tamer was now unlikely to come to Melbourne this autumn. Instead he would be set solely for the Sydney classics, culminating in the AJC Derby, after recently receiving an untimely cut to his hock.
'It's a minor setback but the cut is in an awkward spot so we just have to let it heal before he can resume full work,'' Baker said yesterday. ''It shouldn't affect his AJC Derby plans but it means that the filly We Can Say It Now will go to Melbourne for the Australian Guineas. ''She's pretty exciting. I know there wasn't much depth in her last win but she's a spring three-year-old filly who managed the older horses pretty easily. She has a great nature and a good temperament as well.''