Let's face facts - Americain should have won the Australian Cup at Flemington. Maybe that 'cold' ride was just a little too cold from Steven Arnold? Trainer David Hayes could hardly hide his disappointment. He says: 'He hit the line the way we wanted but a few little things went against him and, put them together, I think it cost him victory...From the outside barrier he had to go back to the tail and follow Precedence, who was never going to take him into the race. I think if he'd drawn better
Let's face facts - Americain should have won the Australian Cup at Flemington. Maybe that 'cold' ride was just a little too cold from Steven Arnold? Trainer David Hayes could hardly hide his disappointment. He says: 'He hit the line the way we wanted but a few little things went against him and, put them together, I think it cost him victory...From the outside barrier he had to go back to the tail and follow Precedence, who was never going to take him into the race. I think if he'd drawn better he wins. He certainly will be better suited over the 2400 metres of the BMW on April 7...'If he draws well there, I think we can ride him midfield and he'll have every chance to win.' Now, what is Hayes really saying? Probably that Americain was set too difficult a task.
Green Moon looks like a coming star of the spring...He produced a wonderful performance to win the Grp 2 Blamey at Flemington. The Lloyd and Nick Williams' owned import has 'spring' written all over him. Nick Williams says: 'He's off to the paddock now with his job for the autumn done...He's a serious Grp 1 horse, as we saw last spring when he was an unlucky second in the Caulfield Cup...I'd be very surprised if he did not end up a serious weight-for-age horse.'