Luck Favours (Aus) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), a Northern Hemisphere-bred juvenile filly, won her May 28 800-metre barrier trial at Werribee, and remains on course for a trip to Royal Ascot, Racing.com reported. Bred and owned by Anthony Mithen's Rosemont Stud, the bay drew off to win by 3 1/2 lengths, and, all being well in the interim, will travel to England on June 6 with an eye toward the June 20 G2 Queen Mary S.
“She trialled at Cranbourne last week [ran third] and showed talent, but left us scratching our heads a bit on a couple of fronts whether or not she was educated enough and had the brains to cope with it all,” said Mithen. We fiddled around with her and put blinkers on and worked her in blinkers since and it just seemed to clearly get her focused.”
Added Mithen of the 2-year-old, who was trialling for the third time, “I think she's just a natural-born runner. We did want to make sure of it and this morning she's shown us and everyone that maybe there will be another horse that we can barrack for at Royal Ascot.”
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