Lindsay Park with two Aurie’s Star Handicap hopes

The Lindsay Park steady of Ben, Will and Hayes completed simply shy of 200 winners within the lately fully season and can be searching for an early Stakes race win at Flemington.

The brothers ready 199 winners Australia broad for the 2023-24 season and acquired the 2024-25 season off to a great begin with an early double at Cranbourne on Thursday.

However at Flemington on Saturday the Lindsay Park crew can be pinning their hopes in Nicolini Vito and Crosshaven within the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m).

J D Hayes stated each horses are going rather well, and is anticipating the pair to run properly on Saturday.

Nicolini Vito struck a purple patch of kind earlier within the winter, operating second over 1200m at Flemington within the Listed Straight Six on Could 18 earlier than scoring after which operating second at Sandown, each occasions over 1400m, in two subsequent performances.

Hayes stated Nicolini Vito had been stored up to speed with a few jump-outs at Flemington.

He stated the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 17 could possibly be on the agenda if Nicolini Vito runs properly on Saturday.

“He’s been about six weeks between runs, so he’s had two jump-outs to maintain him up to speed,” Hayes stated.

“He’s acquired nice residual health because it wasn’t that way back since he was racing.

“He appears to be higher than ever this time and if he was to have the ability to win a race just like the Aurie’s Star, then we might have a look at a race just like the P B Lawrence, however we’ll fear about that after Saturday.”

Crosshaven, who formally turned seven on Thursday, has been a troublesome horse to comply with later in his profession however has struck type of late since being restricted to straight racing at Flemington.

The gelding received the Caulfield Guineas Prelude as a three-year-old and later the Carbine Membership Stakes at Flemington and as an older galloper the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes at Caulfield.

However he was within the wilderness for a time till breaking again into successful kind over 1100m at Flemington on June 22.

Hayes stated races just like the Bobbie Lewis Stakes and the Gilgai Stakes, down the Flemington straight, could possibly be on Crosshaven’s agenda if he runs properly on Saturday.

“He has a liking for the straight and has acquired himself again into kind, so we’ll hold to the straight if this system permits it,” Hayes stated.

“He’s been up a very long time, however he’s very contemporary and properly in himself and he’s a rock-hard match gelding and he’s completed terrific with the time between runs.”

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