After a dominant win in the Travis Harrison Cup (2040m) at Moonee Valley on August 10, Point King may be given a chance to secure a Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) spot for owner Lloyd Williams next month.
The gelding, trained by Anthony and Sam Freedman, could target the $300,000 Group 3 Archer Stakes (2500m) on September 14, with the winner earning a ballot exemption for the Flemington feature.
“Credit to Lloyd and Nick (Williams); both of them said the handicapper got his mark wrong leading into that race, and they were dead right. He was dominant down in the weights,” Sam Freedman told Racing.com.
“He has got some scope to get to a pretty good level, I would say.
“Whether he’s capable of getting to a Cup or something like that, we will just wait and see, but his form is obviously a mile-and-a-half and beyond.
“I wouldn’t rule out that he can get to a good race.”
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