Fawkner Park is set to return in Saturday’s Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield, using the race as a stepping stone towards bigger targets like the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) in October and the Group 1 Japan Cup (2400m) in November.
Trained by Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald, the six-year-old gelding last raced during the Queensland Winter Carnival, claiming victory in the Group 2 Q22 (2200m) and the Listed Wagga Wagga Gold Cup (2000m) prior to that.
“He’s going super, and it’d be lovely to knock over a Group 1 early,” part-owner Nathan Bennett told Racing.com.
“Chatting to Annabel [on Friday], and he’s going to go there to give us a real show. He’s ready to win and he’s not there just to make up the numbers.
“He worked on the course proper at Geelong having an exhibition gallop, and he did it with ease.
“He worked with Gear Up, joined him in the straight, and was good through the line. He only had a light gallop, but that’s topped him off, and he’s ready to go.”
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