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A racecourse debut which is likely to eclipse any of the hype surrounding the first runners of the mighty Frankel (GB) takes place on New Year’s Day when Black Caviar (Aus)’s first foal Oscietra (Aus) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) takes to the track for the 1000-metre maiden down Flemington’s straight.
Following a highly impressive recent jump-out at the course, the juvenile filly has been installed as the short-price favourite among the field of 12 and is set to jump from stall three under Luke Nolen, who rode her famous dam to 22 of her 25 victories.
Trained by David Hayes and Tom Dabernig, Oscietra faces the unprecedented challenge of attending a press conference at Flemington this morning (Friday) prior to her debut. Speaking on Australia’s RSN radio station on Thursday, Hayes said, “She’s kicking off at Flemington where her mother kicked off. It’s always a slight concern because she hasn’t been down the straight but she’s worked alongside the straight and her last trial was down the back straight. But it’s probably just the same as any of the others going into the race––none of them have experience of the straight. We’d love her to win first start but we can only do our best. We’ve prepared her well for the race and hopefully she can do the rest.”
He continued, “What I’m seeing is that she’s a 2-year-old with black-type ability. If you didn’t know her pedigree and you were working her and she was just by a good stallion, like she is, and out of a reasonable mare, then you’d be pretty happy with what you’ve got. Then you read the pedigree and it’s quite exciting.”
Asked about Oscietra’s likely future campaign, Hayes said, “We’ll take it race by race. I’d just love her to get this first run under her belt, and hopefully win, and then we probably wouldn’t run her for a while and give her a chance to run in a black-type race, whether it be the [Group 3 Blue Diamond] Prelude or the [Group 3] Chairman’s S. at Caulfield.”
Oscietra is the first of Black Caviar’s three foals to date, with a yearling colt by Sebring (Aus) and a Snitzel (Aus) filly foal waiting in the wings.
The trainer added, “[Oscietra] hasn’t got her mother’s physique but she has a lovely laidback attitude, and the other thing she does have which is similar to her mother is that she looks to have a very high cruising speed.”
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Following a highly impressive recent jump-out at the course, the juvenile filly has been installed as the short-price favourite among the field of 12 and is set to jump from stall three under Luke Nolen, who rode her famous dam to 22 of her 25 victories.
Trained by David Hayes and Tom Dabernig, Oscietra faces the unprecedented challenge of attending a press conference at Flemington this morning (Friday) prior to her debut. Speaking on Australia’s RSN radio station on Thursday, Hayes said, “She’s kicking off at Flemington where her mother kicked off. It’s always a slight concern because she hasn’t been down the straight but she’s worked alongside the straight and her last trial was down the back straight. But it’s probably just the same as any of the others going into the race––none of them have experience of the straight. We’d love her to win first start but we can only do our best. We’ve prepared her well for the race and hopefully she can do the rest.”
He continued, “What I’m seeing is that she’s a 2-year-old with black-type ability. If you didn’t know her pedigree and you were working her and she was just by a good stallion, like she is, and out of a reasonable mare, then you’d be pretty happy with what you’ve got. Then you read the pedigree and it’s quite exciting.”
Asked about Oscietra’s likely future campaign, Hayes said, “We’ll take it race by race. I’d just love her to get this first run under her belt, and hopefully win, and then we probably wouldn’t run her for a while and give her a chance to run in a black-type race, whether it be the [Group 3 Blue Diamond] Prelude or the [Group 3] Chairman’s S. at Caulfield.”
Oscietra is the first of Black Caviar’s three foals to date, with a yearling colt by Sebring (Aus) and a Snitzel (Aus) filly foal waiting in the wings.
The trainer added, “[Oscietra] hasn’t got her mother’s physique but she has a lovely laidback attitude, and the other thing she does have which is similar to her mother is that she looks to have a very high cruising speed.”
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