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It’s unusual to see Group A winners qualify for the Country Cup, but Saturday’s Ballarat Cup is not an ordinary country competition.
With $ 500,000 in betting money, it is not surprising that front-row players like Group 1 winner Harlem and Kings Well Dream are among the participants..
The gauge of how strong the stadium is this year is none of these two – two-time Australian Cup winner Harlem – of Tom Daberning / David Hayes – and Chris Waller’s coaching Kings, Kings Will Dream, who landed a Turnbull Stakes a year ago – Even higher weight.
The distinction goes to So Si Bon, a stable companion to Harlem, whose best group 3 wins came.
He weighs 62 kilograms and has to give a half kilogram to Harlem and Kings Will Dream.
But he showed he’s in great shape as recently as last Saturday, when he triumphed in an all-out finish to Group 3 Eclipse Stakes in Sandown, beating the stable energy system by the lower margin.
Mark Zahra was in the saddle at Sandown but this time he jumped off the testicle and climbed aboard a locally trained mare ship to remember from Dan O’Sullivan Square.
She often left herself with a lot to do in her races due to her regaining racing style, but she arrived just in time at first to win Group 2 Matriarch Stakes in Flemington on the final day of the Cup Week Carnival.
Kiwia, trained on the track by expatriate Englishman Archie Alexander, aims to make history on his turf as he looks to win the Ballarat Cup for the third time in a row. .
Last year, he was 56 years old. 5kg and it was a $ 16 chance when he and rider John Allen directed Double You Tee. In the year before it was even more awesome, he and Allen started at $ 8. 50 Before landing booty nearly two lengths from Pilote D’Essai and Life Less Ordinary, on that occasion on shoulders 57. 5 kg.
They are the only races he has won in the past two years, but coach Archie Alexander is optimistic that the now seven-year-old can do his best despite having to carry 59. 5 kg this time. Irishman Allen will be his partner again.
“The Country Cups in Australia are very important. Everyone follows the trophy and follows a horse like Kiwia.
« It is a difficult horse, and as it gets older, like any athlete, it is not easy to train.
But this is Kiwi Day in the Sun, and it wouldn’t be a big shock to see him make history on his grounds on Saturday – whatever price he starts at..
Michael Lynch is the chief football correspondent for The Age and also provides reports on motorsports and horse racing
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