An AJC Australian Oaks nomination instead of an Adelaide campaign goes on the line for Cool Flyer when the bargain-buy filly races at Randwick on Wednesday.Cool Flyer, purchased for $5000 as a yearling, was being set for the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville at the end of the month but will be given her chance to figure during the Sydney autumn carnival."There has been a change of plan," trainer Terry Croft said."We were considering taking her to South Australia but she'll stay in Sydney now an
An AJC Australian Oaks nomination instead of an Adelaide campaign goes on the line for Cool Flyer when the bargain-buy filly races at Randwick on Wednesday.
Cool Flyer, purchased for $5000 as a yearling, was being set for the Australasian Oaks at Morphettville at the end of the month but will be given her chance to figure during the Sydney autumn carnival.
"There has been a change of plan," trainer Terry Croft said.
"We were considering taking her to South Australia but she'll stay in Sydney now and we'll play it race-by-race.
"As long as she runs well on Wednesday, I'll nominate her for the Oaks in Sydney and then work out the best way to get there."
Cool Flyer steps out against her own age group in the Tamarama Handicap (1550m).
It's a distance Croft says might be short of Cool Flyer's best but he believes she is favourably treated at the weights after apprentice Josh Adams' two-kilogram claim.
"She is probably looking for further but another 1500-metre run won't hurt her before I step her up," the Hawkesbury trainer said.
"The fact she comes in a kilo over the minimum gives her a chance."
Cool Flyer went to the spelling paddock after a maiden win over 1900m at Canterbury in October.
The filly confirmed her potential with a first-up win over 1300m at Hawkesbury on February 3 before finishing second in a fillies and mares race at Randwick 13 days later.
"She is a lightly-framed filly but she has always shown a bit and I wasn't surprised she won first-up," Croft said.
Cool Flyer has already banked $50,000 in stakes from eight starts with the promise of much more to come.
"We can only hope she goes on with it once she gets over a bit further," Croft said.
In spite of its midweek status, there appears to be enough depth in Wednesday's race to provide some kind of autumn reference.
Equal topweight Maules Creek is promising while Fibrillation could easily meet up again with Cool Flyer in better races for three-year-old fillies.
The Rod Craig-trained All Better has been earmarked as a potential AJC Australian Derby candidate while Daline, although still a maiden, earns attention because he is a lightly-raced half-brother to champion mare Sunline.
Nominations for the AJC Australian Oaks, to be run at Randwick on April 16, close next Tuesday.