Coco Sun, who hasn’t raced since her victory in the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) in May, is set to make a low-key return in a Benchmark 100 (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
The four-year-old mare has the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) as a major target this campaign, and co-trainer Tony McEvoy, who trains alongside his son Calvin, is pleased with her progress.
“She’s coming along really nicely,” McEvoy told Racing.com.
“We’re very pleased with her, and she’ll probably kick off next Saturday in the Benchmark 100, 1400-metre race, just to start her off there.
“She’ll hold an entry for the Memsie as well, but I don’t want to run her first-up against the Pride Of Jennis and the Mr Brightsides, so we’ll probably kick off in the Benchmark race and open up her spring from there.
“If she returns well—and we think she is very well—she’ll go to the Underwood second-up, Caulfield Stakes third-up, and then back up into the Caulfield Cup.”
The Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) is scheduled at Caulfield on September 21, with the Group 1 Might And Power Stakes (2000m), formerly the Caulfield Stakes, on October 12, just a week before the Caulfield Cup.
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