Last weekend’s Group 1 All-Star Mile (1600m) runner-up, Mr Brightside (Bullbars), is still on track for a trip to Hong Kong for the Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m), despite “jarring up” after his race at Flemington last Saturday.
The seven-year-old gelding was beaten a nose behind Tom Kitten in the 1600-metre Group 1, a horse he had beaten by the same margin in his previous start at the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m).
“He jarred up out of the run,” Ben Hayes, who trains the nine-time elite-level winner alongside his brothers JD and Will, told Racing.com.
“It’s nothing bad, don’t get me wrong. He’s OK, just jarred up and came out with a bruised heel.
“We were thinking about running him in two weeks in the George Ryder, but we’ll see how it is. If not, we’ll go to Hong Kong most likely.
“The George Ryder is two weeks away and if it was three weeks, it would be perfect.
“It’s seven weeks to the 27th, so he’ll probably have a jumpout and maybe two jumpouts and maybe a course proper gallop.”
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