Day: 11 March 2025

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Trent Busuttin will treat Emphasize’s (NZ) (Embellish) last-start effort in the Gr.2 Autumn Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield as a complete forget run as the plan to get him to the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) next month remains. The stable could have two runners in the race with the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) runner-up Thedoctoroflove (So You Think) also likely to head to that race at Randwick on April 5. Busuttin said Emphasize will have his next start in the Gr.2 Alister Clarke Stakes (2040m) at The Valley on March…

The beaten Blue Diamond Stakes favourite Field Of Play (Deep Field) will continue his racing career in Hong Kong. Co-trainer Trent Busuttin confirmed on Monday the Blue Diamond Prelude winner was going into quarantine ahead of his flight to his new base in Hong Kong instead of heading up to Sydney for a potential tilt at the Golden Slipper Stakes. “We’d like to have him around, but when they are owned in Hong Kong it’s always on the cards one way or the other,” Busuttin said. “It looked like we…

Hours after Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) dazzled in the $3.5m NZB Kiwi (1500m) and Jedibeel (NZ) (Savabeel) won Sydney’s Group Two Challenge Stakes (1000m), the A$150,000 Listed Swan Draught Bunbury Cup (2019m) produced Saturday’s third stakes-winning Karaka graduate by Savabeel. Captain Pluto (NZ) (Savabeel) was offered by Rich Hill Stud in Book 1 of Karaka 2021, where he failed to meet his $150,000 reserve. He has now earned A$358,765 from a 25-race career that has produced six wins and 10 placings. Captain Pluto went into Saturday’s Bunbury Cup with admirably consistent form this preparation. His eight…