WEST Australian stayer Scenic Shot is out to join the mighty Tulloch as an elite winner of the Brisbane Cup, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.His report adds: The Daniel Morton-trained Scenic Shot has 60kg, which hasn't been carried to victory since Tulloch made light of 62.5kg in 1961.Morton may not have won a Brisbane Cup but the trainer's dad did with Muros in 1978. Len Morton, who once worked for the late TJ Smith, who trained Tulloch, has been looking after Scenic Shot for
WEST Australian stayer Scenic Shot is out to join the mighty Tulloch as an elite winner of the Brisbane Cup, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.
His report adds: The Daniel Morton-trained Scenic Shot has 60kg, which hasn't been carried to victory since Tulloch made light of 62.5kg in 1961.
Morton may not have won a Brisbane Cup but the trainer's dad did with Muros in 1978. Len Morton, who once worked for the late TJ Smith, who trained Tulloch, has been looking after Scenic Shot for his son is in the UK with Scenic Blast gearing up for the Queen's Royal Ascot meeting.
"The horse is at the top of his game," Morton said yesterday. "Everything is going good."
Scenic Shot finished fourth in the Brisbane Cup last year with 59kg. The horse did two laps of Eagle Farm on Thursday with Morton reporting Scenic Shot was squealing and bouncing around on the way back to the stables.
The Chris Jordan-trained Fulmonti finished second in the Brisbane Cup last year, with Corey Brown taking over from Hugh Bowman, who gave the six-year-old a perfect ride when third in the O'Shea Stakes last week. Bowman had a prior cup commitment to Ballack.