Site visitors Warden is identical quote of $34 for the Golden Slipper however carries race expertise into his Rosehill task. He was runner-up to Golden Slipper favorite Storm Boy on debut earlier than scoring a robust win at Caulfield final 12 months. He’s a $3.30 second decide in Canonbury betting behind Prost.
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“He didn’t lose any floor to Storm Boy late within the race on debut, and he didn’t shock us by successful at his subsequent begin,” Cummings mentioned. “It’s a good check for him, and, taking a look at this race’s historical past, it gives Golden Slipper runners yearly. You could be fairly good to win it.
“It opens choices going ahead for him and, just like the filly, he’ll take a good deal of enchancment from this run.”
In the meantime, champion jockey Damien Oliver will make a return to race driving in a world jockey sequence in Saudi Arabia subsequent month.
Oliver rode on the Flemington jump-outs on Friday and confirmed that he would get into the saddle once more after his memorable finale at Ascot in December the place he gained his final three races, together with a miracle win on Munhamek within the Damien Oliver Gold Rush, which was supposedly going to shut his profession.
“It was a proposal too good to refuse, though bittersweet having such an incredible end to my profession in Perth,” Oliver mentioned in a Ladbrokes interview.
“I wasn’t actually planning on doing one thing like this, however a chance like this doesn’t come alongside fairly often, so I believed I’d as properly have a crack as a one-off.”
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