Easy does it...All Too Hard is almost back to his 'fit and ready' status and will be racing again in Sydney within a month. That's the word from co-trainer Wayne Hawkes. He says: 'He's bucking his brands off...He's just about over his cold or whatever it was. He hasn't missed any work but we haven't galloped him. He hasn't even dappled up yet so there's a lot to go with him yet...You won't see him in Melbourne again. He'll run in Sydney but we won't run him for about four weeks and I don't know
Easy does it...All Too Hard is almost back to his 'fit and ready' status and will be racing again in Sydney within a month. That's the word from co-trainer Wayne Hawkes. He says: 'He's bucking his brands off...He's just about over his cold or whatever it was. He hasn't missed any work but we haven't galloped him. He hasn't even dappled up yet so there's a lot to go with him yet...You won't see him in Melbourne again. He'll run in Sydney but we won't run him for about four weeks and I don't know which race yet.' All Too Hard was a shock late scratching from the Grp 1 $500,000 Australian Guineas, when a raging hot $1.33 favorite.An elevated temperature was blamed.
Cambridge NZ trainer Trent Busuttin is hopeful Sangster will be up to Melbourne Cup class following his superb victory in the Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie. The 2011 Victoria Derby winner was a $2 favourite for the $500,000 Grp 2 race and justified the odds, sprinting clear at the top of the straight to beat outsider El Soldado by 2-1/4 lengths, with Chaparrone another 3-1/4 lengths back in third.