Mr Brightside impressed connections during a gallop at The Valley on Tuesday morning, as he prepares for an exciting first-up clash with Pride Of Jenni in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 31.
The Lindsay Park team opted to gallop the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) runner-up at The Valley instead of trialling on a country track later in the week, as originally planned.
“He had a nice gallop there with a workmate and we’re really happy with his work,” Ben Hayes, who trains alongside his brothers Will and JD, told Racing.com.
“It was very kind of Moonee Valley to let us have it. He was on a beautiful surface, and he joined in and went to the line nice and strong.
“He’s definitely going to take some nice improvement out of it, and he’s right on track for the Memsie.
“It was just a change of plan. We were originally going to trial this Friday, but we decided we wouldn’t go to Kilmore, so we thought a gallop in between and then trial next week at Flemington, and that will have him spot on for the big race on the 31st.”
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