My Brown Jug disappointing

Press, 6 October 1980, Page 23

My Brown Jug disappointing

NZPA Melbourne, The Riccarton colt, My> Brown Jug. dropped from: favouritism for the $205,000 ;■ Caulfield Cup (2400 m after: finishing a disappointing' third in the Turnbull Stakes (2000 m at Flemington on: Saturday. My Brown Jug. the 6-to-4 l favourite in the stakes, was; disappointing when the pres- i sure went on over the last, 400 m and finished three and: a quarter lengths behind the winner, Amarla,

From being favourite My j Brown Jug is now on the; fourth line at 10-to-l, with; Cosmic Planet for the Caulfield Cup. Amarla. which raced away J over the last 200 m to win | bv three lengths from Polo' Plaver. had his Caulfield I Cup odds slashed and inj Sydney markets yesterday, i being quoted on the third line at 7-to-l. The Sydnev star, Kingston Town (4-to-I) is favourite for the Cup, although, not yet a definite starter. The winner of the Melbourne Cup, Hyperno is on the second line at 6-to-l. My Brown Jug’s jockey, Roy Higgins, said after the race that his mount would have to improve to have a

i chance in the Caulfield Cup. ; "I had a perfect run all •the way but my mount did i practically nothing in the 'run home. He would have to {do a lot better to have any chance in the Caulfield jCup.” Higgins said. > Judena, racing in Australia ias Miss Judena, finished {seventh on Saturday in her ; first Australian start. Her I trainer. Peter Hollinshead, {said earlier in the week that ■Miss Judena would show imi provement after her first

run.Higgins had r.o better luck with another New Zealand Caulfield Cup hope, Barry Stuart, in the 2500 m Navy Day Handicap. Barry Stuart finished sixth, just ahead of the Levin-trained Karu, and pulled up badly. “He seemed to wobble under me and I thought he might fait” said Higgins Karu, trained by Jack Holmes, is on his third campaign in Australia and is being quietly sec for the Melbourne Cup, in which he ran third in L97S. The jockey\for punters to follow at FlerrSington on Saturday was Harry White. He had his best day ever on a metropolitan tpack. winning five of the nine races. •