Veteran sprinter Black Heart Bart (Aus) (Blackfriars {Aus}) strung together a pair of Group 1 wins in the space of two weeks in February when taking out Caulfield's CF Orr S. and Futurity S., and the 6-year-old gelding enters Saturday's G1 Darley Kingsford-Smith Cup at Eagle Farm with something to prove after throwing in a rare disappointing effort when seventh first-up in the G1 Goodwood S. last weekend. Black Heart Bart was racing with blinkers removed and off three months' rest in the Goodwood, and the blinkers go back on Saturday as he searches for his sixth Group 1 win in the space of a year.
This race sees the return of the second and third-place finishers of the May 13 G1 Doomben Cup, Counterattack (Aus) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}) and Derryn (Aus) (Hinchinbrook {Aus}). Counterattack looks for his first win in more than a year while Derryn has won two of his last four for the Lindsay Park team, including the G2 Arrowfield Sprint at The Championships on Apr. 8 a week after finishing eighth in the G1 TJ Smith S.
There are just two last-out winners in this 14-horse field: Clearly Innocent (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) and Jungle Edge (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}). The former returned to form when defending his title in the Listed Luskin Star S. over this trip at Scone two weeks ago, while Jungle Edge added the 1350-metre G3 BRC Sprint last weekend to his 1200-metre G3 Star Kingdom S. win at Rosehill on Mar. 25.
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