Imported galloper Fanjura kept his perfect Australian record intact when he scored an impressive win in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield.Trainer Lee Freedman already has his sights on the spring carnival with the five-year-old who won a 1700m open handicap at Caulfield at his Australian debut.Freedman, who was at Rosehill on Saturday, believed the former English galloper was attractively weighted in the Easter Cup (2000m) with 54kg, 1kg above the minimum.Fanjura was backed from $4.60 to s
Imported galloper Fanjura kept his perfect Australian record intact when he scored an impressive win in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield.
Trainer Lee Freedman already has his sights on the spring carnival with the five-year-old who won a 1700m open handicap at Caulfield at his Australian debut.
Freedman, who was at Rosehill on Saturday, believed the former English galloper was attractively weighted in the Easter Cup (2000m) with 54kg, 1kg above the minimum.
Fanjura was backed from $4.60 to start at $4 and jumped in front but jockey Dwayne Dunn bided his time and let him drop back to settle seventh of the 10 runners before making his move.
The gelding finished strongly to score by 1-3/4 lengths from top weight Light Vision ($15) with Hissing Sid ($7) two lengths away third.
"He's a pretty nice horse on the way up and we can only hope he can go all the way for us," Dunn said.
Freedman's stable manager Sam Pritchard-Gordan said a trip to Brisbane for the winter carnival hadn't been ruled out but added Freedman would weigh up his options.
Raced by the Ball And Chain Syndicate along with other syndicates and stable clients, Fanjura, formerly prepared in the UK by Barry Hills, has now won six of his 15 career starts.
His wins are from 1608m to 2018m and Saturday's victory further enhanced his excellent record at 2000m, a distance over which he has now won four times.
Meanwhile Canberra-based apprentice Taylor Lovelock-Wiggins, who was brought south to ride for leading trainer Peter Moody this weekend, celebrated his first winning double at his first appearance in Melbourne.
The 17-year-old, apprenticed to his father Peter Wiggins, led all the way on Returntosender ($5) in the W J (Bill) Adams Hcp (1400m) and scored on Elumino ($4.40) in the Noel Rundle Hcp (1100m).
Lovelock-Wiggins has now ridden six metropolitan winners but says there are no immediate plans for him to ride for Moody on a permanent basis.
"I was just having a look around to see if I like it down here. I've had a great day," he said.
Lovelock-Wiggins had four rides for Moody at Caulfield and didn't miss a place, finishing second on Al's Best Mate and third aboard Tee Emar.
He is booked for three more rides for Moody at Moonee Valley on Monday.