By Neil Evans
A progressive Scone mare is set to shrug off an unsuccessful tilt at metropolitan opposition and bounce back hard at Monday’s Newcastle meeting on the Beaumont track.
Kimberley Moon, an adaptable four-year-old daughter of Stratum Star in the Scott Singleton stable, returns to the track where she tasted a third career success six weeks ago.
Racing heads to Newcastle on Monday.Credit: Fairfax
That came in a Fillies and Mares Benchmark 58 Handicap over 1150m on Soft 6 ground before she went to Canterbury under lights to take on a much tougher Class 3 Highway field.
Covering ground for much of the 1250m trip, Kimberley Moon stuck on OK to be beaten four lengths.
But given a month-long freshen-up, Kimberley Moon is primed to return to the winner’s stall in a Benchmark 66 Handicap over 1150m.
And fuelling owners’ and punters’ confidence is the expected heavy track rating after plenty of lead-up rain.
Kimberley Moon has always shown a liking for rain-affected ground, and she’s drawn to stay away from the rail here and get to the middle of the track over the final 300m.
The Singleton stable will also be confident of running the quinella, with improving mare Insightful Award drawn well and coming off a runaway six-length win at home in BM 58 grade.
Fresh off a very successful Country Championship Wild card qualifying meeting on Friday, Scone stables are hunting another lucrative day out in Newcastle.
In the race prior, the Brett Cavanough yard will be full of confidence emerging mare Sirius Flyer can break through at her seventh start in a Maiden Handicap over 1350m.
Placed in two runs back from a lengthy spell, Sirius Flyer chased hard to miss narrowly in a handy affair at Mudgee second-up, and she’s another one advantaged by wet going.
Meanwhile, plenty of eyes will be on Street Boss three-year-old Gone To Cape York when he lines up for only the second time for now Golden Slipper-winning trainer Michael Freedman.
A narrow winner on debut as a hot favourite at Nowra, Gone To Cape York was scratched from Saturday’s Kembla meeting to tackle this Class 1 Handicap over 1200m.
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