Ready to blast off...Gold Coast stayer Shoot Out will kick off his spring campaign in the $100,000 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield on July 31 - and trainer John Wallace is bubbling with confidence. He says: 'I'm confident the horse will handle the Victorian way of going...Since he's been back at the stables, I have worked him the Victorian way about three times a week and he seems good as gold. But you never know until they're under race pressure.' Shoot Out is a strong contender for the three b
Ready to blast off...Gold Coast stayer Shoot Out will kick off his spring campaign in the $100,000 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield on July 31 - and trainer John Wallace is bubbling with confidence. He says: 'I'm confident the horse will handle the Victorian way of going...Since he's been back at the stables, I have worked him the Victorian way about three times a week and he seems good as gold. But you never know until they're under race pressure.' Shoot Out is a strong contender for the three big ones in the spring - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup.
Time runs out...Will new quarantine laws allow Japanese runners in this year's spring majors? It looks unlikely. Racing Victoria says the Federal Government has less than a fortnight to agree on quarantine regulations. If the deadline passes, that's it for another year. The Japanese won the Melbourne Cup in 2006 and haven't been seen since. There's no truth in the rumor the Feds want to use East Timor as a quarantine base...