Speaker 1on it. Adrian Bott is there connected ready to rock and roll. Morning Adrian. Morning Dave. Ready for a big Wednesday. It is a good little meeting this as you know it's well placed and it gives you an opportunity as you've done in the past and I just mentioned Shangri-La boy you can start horses here today and then progress into other races throughout the course of spring.
Speaker 2Yeah certainly always a nice meeting as you said the form stacks up a few of those horses that are coming through a little bit later in their preparations but still some nice targets ahead.
Speaker 1So where should we start? I think we should start with Saturday and I might start with the big fella because he is a name when it comes to racing across the country that we all know Sir Delius. He lines up in a turnbull stakes a tab turnbull stakes. I know we've spoken since then but just for our audience who maybe didn't hear that interview what did you make of that run in the Maccabi Deva behind She's Alibi?
Speaker 2Yeah look I thought it was an honour. First effort from him first time out. I've never seen him sort of too effective over the mile here in Australia but still a nice starting point for him. Certainly felt he's doing his best work late in that race. Yeah importantly he's improved off that trained on and gets the better conditions on Saturday.
Speaker 1Are you expecting a really big improvement or are you just sort of expecting that gradual improvement because he's got you know big fish to fry continuing on. Not saying this isn't a big fish you want to win as many group ones as you can but we do know that he's on a plan to try and win that Cox Plate.
Speaker 2Yeah well I think you'd want to see a pretty decent pretty decent improvement off the back of that first up run which is you know traditionally what we've seen. Yeah he's aiming to beat a Cox Plate third up so we need him pretty close to the mark on on Saturday in order to have him where he needs to be for the rest of the race. So I think we've got a pretty decent improvement off the back of that first up run which is you know traditionally what we've seen. He's aiming to beat a Cox Plate third up so we need him pretty close to the mark on Saturday in order to have him where he needs to be for the rest of the race.
Speaker 1Is it too hard to quantify how horses are going this time compared to last time because he won this race last year off the exact same setup so does he look the same? Is his blood count, his track work, you know post-recovery, whatever other data you can pull on this horse? Is it similar to what it was last year?
Speaker 2Yeah look from every which way you look at every single indicator that we can sort of find or look at or assess yeah Phil is in as good a shape as he's been in his previous preparations. We're really happy with where he's at for this stage of the preparation and yeah right on yeah I'd say very equally measured across all campaigns as to where he's been at.
Speaker 1Okay so that is Sir Delius in the Tab Turnbull stakes and there's been some talk about him going overseas to Hong Kong. Is that something that is still firmly in your mind to finish you know a Cox Plate campaign? You've still obviously got Champions Day as well if you decide to go there but do you want to get him to Hong Kong?
Speaker 2Well look you'd certainly be going to Champions Day first that's always been the plan and then yeah that there are a couple of international options that that work in and tie in really well in terms of the timing and you know obviously always be fantastic opportunity to be travelling horses and campaigning them internationally you know particularly for a horse of his profile. Certainly help add some yeah further value to his credentials as well but obviously a lot to do here first got to make the right decision by the horse if that's the right thing to do but yeah all things going well that the opportunity or the path is there for him and then now it's just up to him to show us that every step of the way.
Speaker 1Alright we come back to Sydney so we touch on Sir Delius there punters in the Turnbull stakes and I'm sure you've got a lot of people will be listening to what you have to say about him and also making up their mind when they start to do their form for the weekend in the Metropolitan you've got the Euphrates who looks like a proper stayer he does have that defeat in an Irish and ledger on his CV and he was only beaten just under four there he was so dominant last start what two minutes 48 how's he come through that run the Euphrates?
Speaker 2Yeah excellent he's just been improving throughout the campaign you know I guess I thought he ran a very big race first up but then there was always sort of going to be the you know if you've got a question mark out how he would sort of bounce second up there off such a brilliant first up return off a long layoff away from the races so I thought he obviously answered that really well and that's his style he can you know he can carve out a certain sectional he's got that cruising speed I guess his ability is that he can sustain that over a good trip so what he's been able to show over the 2000 he can he can do the same again over over 2,400 meters on on
Speaker 1Saturday and is that the best way is that the key to him to to let him run along and dominate his race is he one of those horses that doesn't really like to have that horse you know eyeballing him he just wants to
Speaker 2run away well it certainly suits his best attributes and then also at the same time I'm sure you know that makes it difficult for him to get out of the race I think he's going to be a little bit more of an outlier than him and I think he's going to be a little bit more of an outlier than him but I think he's going to be a little bit more outlier than him and I think he's going to be a little bit more of an outlier than him and I think he's going to be a little bit more of an outlier than him and I think he's going to be a little bit more of an outlier than him and I think he's going to be a little bit more of an outlier than him and I think he's going to be a little bit more of an outlier than him and I think he's going to be a little bit more of an outlier than him and I think he's going to be a little bit more of an outlier than him all you can do is win and what I mean
Speaker 1that by that Adrian and we're chatting with Adrian Bott this morning on Racing HQ is fully lit big run in the Cameron really you know puts them away with a bit of style there lovely ride by Reggie and there was some money around to suggest that you know that he's going to be a little he would be going quite well he now gets into this Epson with Winona Koston on board 51 kilos gate 8 and I'm sure a lot of excited owners
Speaker 2yeah certainly is a lovely big ownership group in him we've just had such a wonderful ride across a number of seasons in big races so he's been a tremendous horse for him sad to have another great day again yeah he's going there in great shape that was a very good win yeah it's always a good lead-up for the race and ran obviously very well in the Epson last year I feel he's probably going a little bit better this this time through just you know certainly going off his lead-up runs there it looks looks to get the right conditions looks well placed once once again and you know hopefully gives the big group something to you know plenty
Speaker 1to cheer about all right so that is the the Metrop we touch on the Sir Delius in the Turnbull and then just fully lit in an Epson let's look at some of the other runners for Saturday always the three-time two-year-old and a three-time two-year-old and a three-time two-year-old and a three-time two-year-old so let's talk about the gym crack and the breeders plate we'll start with bourbon beat a $350,000 purchase trial very well at those official two-year-old trials
Speaker 2yeah she's been excellent and a lot of upside with with her lovely strong top I think she's a lot of improvement to come she's just been sort of just working out what it's all about and each step of the way she's showing significant improvement so yeah she's got to be it could be a great chance on Sunday what
Speaker 1about runaway diva who was a 380 thousand dollar daughter of
Speaker 2Animo yeah hard to fault her yeah that was a nice professional performance on the day she looks at tough Philly that's handling it really well yeah I was pleased with the display she showed at the trials and
Speaker 1you also got out back affair in the gym crack to this stage
Speaker 2yeah and she's different trial to the other two Phillies using quite a bit same tactical speed so she's one that just allowed to find her feet but she was good late in the trial and one that I thought actually you know worked up quite sharply out of the three there on on Tuesday morning and
Speaker 1when it comes to a breeders plate for the Colton geldings you've got the two here flying Houdini and star sis so firstly this flying Houdini is fast
Speaker 2yeah he is and he probably looked at the more natural two-year-old type of the of the two horses that going there I'll see great great gate speed she loved the way he kept responding when when challenged so he's got some nice upside and you know we've just been seeing that sort of pattern with him all the way through he looks to be thriving in his in his work and handling it all very well stasis I thought was a lovely trial he found the line it was really strong light yeah a bit of a different style of horse to flying Houdini he's probably horse we're going to see a lot more of later on in his career but certainly doing enough to be very competitive for us at present
Speaker 1and just a text here before I ask about today on Vauban, how's Vauban going?
Speaker 2Yeah, he's in good shape he's just taken a little bit longer to come up off that Queensland campaign just sort of changing a few things up with him he's gone down to Melbourne he had a trial down there just last week so Phil was starting to get him where he needs to be obviously his two trials in Sydney were a bit substandard so he's improving for us we don't have an exact kick-off point we want to make sure we get the horse where he needs to be first
Speaker 1Okay, so that is to that texter there with Vauban today at Rose Hill, Adrian Bott low key, very short price favourite you've got, I see Savagram Scratch so you'll probably go, well you definitely will go to the Dulcify on the weekend then which is exciting, he's an exciting horse have you got a winner there for us there or a couple that we should just be keeping an eye on as punters?
Speaker 2Yeah, obviously low key is very short in the market she went down very narrowly short price favourite at her first up this prep but form obviously has been good I do think she's got a good bit of talent so I'd like to be able to see her bounce back for us today Shanty I thought was very good on debut she may appreciate just getting out over a little bit further in time would sort of be the only query I thought Savvy Spy was excellent first up, didn't quite get the race run to suit there second up, so I think he can be forgiven he could bounce back and look for a more suitable race out of line, we'll appreciate getting out over a bit further so probably low keys, our best chance of the day Metallic Cat's come back well Awkward Draw and Duke of Arrakis may need a little bit further in time
Speaker 1Appreciate you joining us Adrian, good luck with the big gun Sir Delius et cetera and let's see if we can get him back in the winter store there'll be a lot of punters that'll be keen to back him and then obviously keen to back him in a Cox Plate and elsewhere mate so good luck
Speaker 2Appreciate it Dave, thank you
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