MELBOURNE trainer Tony Noonan is facing one of the toughest decisions of his career following Varenna Miss's impressive victory yesterday, reports The Age. It says: At just her ninth start, Varenna Miss stormed to the line in the $175,000 QTC Cup (1300 metres) and Noonan must now decide whether to back her up in the Stradbroke on Saturday or wait for the Winter Stakes on June 25. Aided by a brilliant ride from Dwayne Dunn, Varenna Miss ($13) rocketed home to beat Phelan Ready ($31) by a length,
MELBOURNE trainer Tony Noonan is facing one of the toughest decisions of his career following Varenna Miss's impressive victory yesterday, reports The Age.
It says: At just her ninth start, Varenna Miss stormed to the line in the $175,000 QTC Cup (1300 metres) and Noonan must now decide whether to back her up in the Stradbroke on Saturday or wait for the Winter Stakes on June 25. Aided by a brilliant ride from Dwayne Dunn, Varenna Miss ($13) rocketed home to beat Phelan Ready ($31) by a length, with Zingaling ($26) a half-length back third.
Wyong sprinter Sincero started the $3.30 favourite but only struggled into 11th and his Stradbroke Handicap claims now hang in the balance.
''The original plan was to go to the Winter Stakes and my concern with the Stradbroke is she's still very lightly raced,'' Noonan said. ''But she was very dominant and when a horse is going so well it's tempting to go to the Stradbroke.''