Picture: Bruno Cannatelli
Thrilling prospect One other Wil is searching his first Group 1 win at Caulfield.
Rising star One other Wil is on a mission to reaffirm his Cox Plate credentials when he bids to take care of his unbeaten run this marketing campaign within the Group 1 Toorak Handicap at Caulfield.
The Ciaron Maher-trained gelding is a clear-cut $2.20 pre-post favorite for Saturday’s mile after two excellent return performances, together with first-up when he was again and extensive earlier than unleashing a powerhouse end to publish a devastating last-stride win.
Maher’s Sydney foreman Johann Gerard-Dubord oversaw One other Wil’s two-start autumn marketing campaign when he claimed the Doncaster Prelude (1500m) and completed seventh to Celestial Legend on a heavy monitor within the Doncaster Mile (1600m).
He believes the horse has the potential to be one in every of racing’s subsequent large issues.
“We noticed him right here final prep and he was mentally nonetheless not there, he was nonetheless doing just a few issues fallacious,” Gerard-Dubord stated.
“His first-up run was fairly unimaginable, he was extensive on the again and to do what he did.
“I feel he might be something, that horse.”
An $18 probability in Cox Plate odds, One other Wil will put himself firmly within the body for Australasia’s weight-for-age characteristic with one other sturdy displaying at Caulfield, the place he additionally holds an entry for the May And Energy Stakes (2000m).
Gerard-Dubord confirmed the Cox Plate was on the radar if the horse may show himself on the high degree.
“Jamie Kah, when she trialled him final prep at Rosehill she stated, ‘I can’t wait to see him go to 2000, he shall be an actual Cox Plate horse in time,” Gerard-Dubord stated.
“It’s an possibility. It’s one thing they’ve had in thoughts for a very long time, he simply wants to point out he’s as much as that.”
The Toorak Handicap (1600m) is one in every of three Group 1 races at Caulfield on Saturday, this system headlined by the Caulfield Guineas (1600m) for which benchmark colt Broadsiding is a prohibitive $1.60 favorite
The May And Energy Stakes (2000m) rounds out the providing of majors.
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