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Regimental Gal A ‘Doubtful’ Stradbroke
Starter
TRAINER Shaun Dwyer has warned that boom filly Regimental
Gal, favourite for Saturday’s $200,000 Richmond
Grove BTC Cup at NCF Doomben, is a doubtful starter
in next month’s Stradbroke Handicap.
Dwyer has told Glenn Davis from AAP Racing in Brisbane: “She’ll
run this Saturday and I feel confident she’ll
be hard to beat at weight-for-age. However, the Stradbroke
is highly unlikely.”
Regimental Gal, the Queensland favourite that boasts
her own website, has not raced at home since winning
the Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast in January
last year.
Dwyer plans to spell her for two months after her
main mission of the Brisbane carnival, the $500,000
Group One Carlton Draught Doomben 10,000 on May 22.
The chances of Regimental Gal starting in the AAMI
Stradbroke were boosted following the release of
weights for the million-dollar Group 1 sprint when
she received 52kg.
But since her dual Group 1 success in Melbourne
in the autumn, Dwyer has had his long range sights
on the Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin in December, a
race that was won twice by the Queenslander Falvelon.
Top jockey Michael Rodd will be reunited with the
millionaire filly in Saturday’s carnival pipe-opener
at NCF Doomben.
Melbourne rider Steven King was his replacement
when she won the G1 Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley
but came in for some criticism of his ride when she
finished fifth in the G2 T J Smith Stakes at Randwick.
”Michael has done a good job on the filly
and we feel it’s best to have a local rider
on her for the carnival here,” Dwyer said. “I
was happy with her work at Clifford Park (on Tuesday).”
Meanwhile, another potential carnival star has been
sidelined by injury. The Gai Waterhouse stable has
been forced to shelve plans to bring last season’s
two-year-old star, Hasna, north.
Dual G1 winner, Hasna, was scheduled to start in
the $100,000 Richmond Grove BTC Classic for three-year-olds
at Doomben on Saturday. But she jarred up in a track
gallop.
Waterhouse will be represented in Saturday’s
$100,000 G3 Doomben Carnival Cup by So Assertive,
to be ridden by Chris Munce.
She also has Shower of Roses, National Treasure,
Hec Of A Party, Platinum Scissors and Martique on
the short list to head to Queensland.
QUEENSLAND Racing web news: John Lingard – April
28.
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