Picture: Steve Hart
The rising Hedged will probably be capturing for his first stakes win in The Warra.
The Magic Thousands and thousands carnival is the marketing campaign focus for promising sprinter Hedged, however trainers Mick Value and Michael Kent Jnr are hoping he can knock off a characteristic race alongside the best way.
The gelding will resume within the Group 3 The Warra (1000m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday, his first begin since winding up his three-year-old season with a Queensland winter carnival win at Ipswich in Could.
Previous to that, his performances included a runner-up end behind Joliestar within the Arrowfield 3YO Stakes (1200m) at Randwick, and Kent Jnr doesn’t imagine Hedged has reached his career-peak but.
“For a four-year-old gelding, we nonetheless haven’t seen the perfect of him. He’s nonetheless on the up-and-up,” Kent Jnr stated.
“We have been all the time dancing round him being immature. He was all the time feeling a bit sensitive in his shins, at the same time as a three-year-old. Now, he’s virtually the whole product.”
Hedged is a $4.80 probability for The Warra, and whereas he’s a winner as much as 1350m, he’s additionally confirmed over the quick course journey.
He has ready for his return with two current barrier trials and will probably be partnered by Chad Schofield, who’s coming off a midweek treble at Canterbury.
“He’s being aimed third-up on the Magic Thousands and thousands carnival, however that doesn’t imply he can’t win first-up on the best way by means of,” Kent Jnr stated.
“Certainly one of his finest wins was when he received by four-and-a-half lengths at Sandown on a Saturday over 1000 metres, so he’s positively sharp sufficient and he’s drawn to get the proper run.
“He must be simply off the tempo and off the fence and mixing in.”
The secure will depend on Keitel within the remaining race with Raikoke unlikely to take his place after drawing the surface gate, whereas final begin Randwick winner Blazing Harry is predicted to be onerous to beat within the Evergreen Turf Handicap (1400m).
“He’s a really progressive horse and he’s in nice type,” Kent Jnr stated of Blazing Harry.
“It was an excellent win final time. He’s drawn to get a fantastic run (from barrier seven), and I believe he can go very well.”
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