Trainer wants better luck
NZPA-AAP Melbourne The New Zealand trainer, John Wheeler, is hoping for better luck than he has had in Australia to date when Our Poetic Prince (5-1) runs in the Group Two weight-for-age sAust2so,ooo John F. Feehan Stakes (1600 m at Moonee Valley today.
Wheeler is on his third trip to Australia with the classy four-year-old which is yet to win in the country. Among his defeats were losing on protest to Marwong after he was first past the post in the Caulfield Guineas (1600 m and finishing a gallant second to Rubiton in the W. S. Cox Plate (2040 m at Moonee Valley last October. He was also a close fourth to Omnicorp in the Victoria Derby (2500 m at Flemington on October 31. Wheeler campaigned Our Poetic Prince in Queensland during the winter carnival in Bris-
bane but the bay son of Yeats from Finisterre (a Biscay mare), was dogged by poor barrier draws in three of his four outings. The entire was runnerup from barrier No. 15 to Planet Ruler in the Queensland Guineas (1600 m at Eagle Farm on May 7 and second to Cool Report in the Tourist Minister’s Cup (1350 m at Doomben on May 28. Our Poetic Prince came from barrier No. 18 when seventh to Campaign King in the Rothmans 100,000 (1350 m at Doomben on April 30 and drew 19when fifth to the same galloper in the Elders Handicap (1400 m at
Eagle Farm on June 11. The bay is chasing a hat-trick of wins in the Feehan after beating Regal Affair in the Trelawney Stud Plate (1400 m on a heavy track at Te Rapa on August 20 and defeating Plume D’Or Veille in the weight-for-age Byerley Thoroughbreds Stakes (1400 m at Hastings on September 10. Wheeler started Flying Luskin in the Royal Show Handicap (1800 m at Caulfield yesterday with the chestnut going down a half-head to Ebeli Show but he was unlucky not to have won as the saddle slipped about 50m from
the finish inconveniencing jockey Noel Harris. .Harris, who has been on Our Poetic Prince in six of his 10 wins, has the ride today.
Our Poetic Prince, is in Australia for the Cox Plate again, comes up against a small but select field of nine runners including the highly rated
Sky Chase (5-2 favourite), Flotilla (6-4), High Regard (7-1), Rancho Ruler (5-1), Water Boatman (81), Vo Rogue (12-1) and Kaapstad (12-1).
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Press, 24 September 1988, Page 43
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