Good news for the spring...Champion Singapore sprinter Rocket Man is being set for a big Melbourne spring campaign. He'll run in 2 major races. Trainer Patrick Shaw says his superstar will chase the Grp 2 Schweppervescence Stakes 1000m at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day and the Grp 1 Age Classic 1200m on the final day of the Flemington carnival. Rocket Man will race in Hong Kong after his Aussue outings. Shaw is desperate to win the Grp 1 HK International Sprint at Sha Tin in December.Good news f
Good news for the spring...Champion Singapore sprinter Rocket Man is being set for a big Melbourne spring campaign. He'll run in 2 major races. Trainer Patrick Shaw says his superstar will chase the Grp 2 Schweppervescence Stakes 1000m at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day and the Grp 1 Age Classic 1200m on the final day of the Flemington carnival. Rocket Man will race in Hong Kong after his Aussue outings. Shaw is desperate to win the Grp 1 HK International Sprint at Sha Tin in December.
Good news for Saturday...Despite some 300mm (12 inches) of rain soaking the Doomben track since Monday night, Queensland racing officials are predicting the Doomben 10,000 meeting will go ahead...Queensland Racing's chief steward Wade Birch and Doomben facility manager Warren Williams inspected the track yesterday morning. They rated it Heavy-10 but they noted a sharp improvement from the previous day. On Friday morning, Brisbane was again bathed in sunshine. There was hardly a cloud in the sky.