CHRIS MUNCE has picked up the prized Caulfield and Melbourne cups ride on Kiwi mare Daffodil following her group 1 victory in the Windsor Park Plate (1600 metres) in New Zealand at the weekend, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.It adds: ''I've been speaking to the connections of Daffodil since her win and I've got the ride on her in the cups, I am looking forward to getting on her,'' Munce told the Herald yesterday.Daffodil won the AJC Australian Oaks in the autumn with Hugh Bowman in the saddle
CHRIS MUNCE has picked up the prized Caulfield and Melbourne cups ride on Kiwi mare Daffodil following her group 1 victory in the Windsor Park Plate (1600 metres) in New Zealand at the weekend, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
It adds: ''I've been speaking to the connections of Daffodil since her win and I've got the ride on her in the cups, I am looking forward to getting on her,'' Munce told the Herald yesterday.
Daffodil won the AJC Australian Oaks in the autumn with Hugh Bowman in the saddle but with the four-year-old having just 51.5 kilograms in the Caulfield and Melbourne cups, the ride in the feature group 1s went Munce's way.
''She looks to be a very strong stayer,'' Munce said. ''She was dominant in her win in the oaks in Sydney in the autumn and after her first couple of runs back from a spell back home in New Zealand she looks to have come back in pretty good shape, too.
''She has followed a second and a fourth at home with a strong-finishing win in group 1 company in New Zealand on Saturday and she has already proven herself to be a good stayer. She is a great ride to have for the cups.''