Our Poetic Prince best
NZPA-AAP Melbourne The classy New Zealand galloper, Our Poetic Prince, showed he is the horse to beat in the sAustl.s million W. S. Cox Plate after his re-cord-shattering victory in the sAust2so,ooo weight-for-age, John F. Feehan Stakes (1600 m at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Our Poetic Prince, which is trained by John Wheeler at New Plymouth, arrived with a stablemate, Flying Luskin, on Monday and came from well back in the field to run 1:33.1 — 1.3 seconds faster than the previous best at Moonee Valley set by Tierra Rist. Our Poetic Prince’s win was the fastest 1600 metres ever run in Australia. Ridden by a top New Zealand jockey, Noel Harris, Our Poetic Prince (4-1 out to 11-2) came from third last with a powerful burst to lead in the straight and score by a length from Flotilla (3-1). The Queensland champion, Vo Rogue (13-2), showed he was coming back to his best form when he battled on to finish a length away in third place after setting the pace. Wheeler said he wasn’t surprised to see Our Poetic Prince get back in the early running. “I knew he’d get back with the pace on like that. He’ll improve vastly on fitness before the Cox Plate.” The Cox Plate (2040 m is run at Moonee Valley on October 22 and Our Poetic Prince will start in the sAustl7s,ooo Weight-for-age Caulfield Stakes (2000 m on October 8 as his final lead-up run. Jockey, Noel Harris, . said he wasn’t surprised by the record time.
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