AJC Metropolitan news....Bookmakers have Speed Gifted the $4.20 fav for the Grp 1 2400m Metrop, ahead of Gerald Ryan's in-form mare Ready To Lift ($5.50). Trainer Lee Freedman is said to have sounded out lightweight rider Zac Purton, now riding in Hong Kong, for the ride in the Metrop, in which SG has just 52kgs but it's very unlikely Purton can make the trip. Speed Gifted, who has won two of his three Australian starts, has yet to pass the elimination clause for the Caulfield Cup, but will do
AJC Metropolitan news....Bookmakers have Speed Gifted the $4.20 fav for the Grp 1 2400m Metrop, ahead of Gerald Ryan's in-form mare Ready To Lift ($5.50). Trainer Lee Freedman is said to have sounded out lightweight rider Zac Purton, now riding in Hong Kong, for the ride in the Metrop, in which SG has just 52kgs but it's very unlikely Purton can make the trip. Speed Gifted, who has won two of his three Australian starts, has yet to pass the elimination clause for the Caulfield Cup, but will do so if he wins the Craven Plate or runs first or second in the Metropolitan. The UK import can draw a Caulfield Cup penalty with a Metropolitan win. He has a Caulfield Cup weight of 51kgs. A Craven Plate win would result in Speed Gifted passing the elimination clause but, with 8kgs under weight-for-age in the Caulfield Cup, he would still be equal 36th in the order of entry.