Dwayne Dunn gets his second win, riding Foreteller to victory in the Carlton Draught Peter Young Stakes. Photo: Getty Images
CAULFIELD WRAP
SYDNEY galloper Foreteller is on target for the Australian Cup after giving jockey Dwayne Dunn his second winner on Saturday in the group 2 Peter Young Stakes at Caulfield.
The Chris Waller-trained gelding started at $10 and was a long neck too good for the well-backed West Australian Mr Moet ($4). South Australian Budriguez ($10), who had made most of the running, was a short head away third just ahead of the favourite Mawingo ($2.15).
Dunn bided his time on the son of Dansili and saved plenty of ground, which, given the margins involved at the finish, proved significant.
Foreteller has now won twice from four attempts over 1800 metres and has won two of his three starts at Caulfield.
Dunn believes the rise to group 1 level at Flemington in a fortnight might be a stretch - but Waller, who is due to establish a mini stable in Victoria next month, believes the six-year-old has earned a chance.
Justine Hales, the Waller stable representative at Caulfield, said: ''The Sydney stable is firing at the moment.
''We are going to open a stable down here on March 1 … we will get the horses ready in Sydney, send them down and do the finishing touches down here.
''It was a brilliant ride by Dwayne. The horse is heading for the cup now.''
Mr Moet's trainer, Adam Durrant, said his galloper was also on course for the Australian Cup.
''It was pleasing he had to do all the donkey work and he was still strong on the line. Hopefully the bigger track at Flemington suits him. The Australian Cup was why we came here,'' he said.
Before the race, stewards raided the stables where Mr Moet is staying and discovered a suspect traditional Chinese medicine.
As they entered the area where the horse was housed they allege they saw Durrant with an ''alkalising agent'' and the medicine developed by the People's Liberation Army for use as a coagulant.
''Our concern is that it was to be used for a pre-race treatment,'' said chief steward Terry Bailey.
Durrant told the stewards the Chinese medicine, Yunnan Baiyo, was to be used after the horse returned to the stables on Saturday night.
Racing Victoria vet Dr Brian Stewart told the stewards that Yunnan Baiyo was principally used as an anti-bleeding medication.
In a sometimes tense exchange, Bailey warned Durrant about his attitude . The stewards adjourned their inquiry to a date to be fixed.
■High-class three-year-old Super Cool (pictured) reversed the result of last year's Victoria Derby by beating Derby winner Fiveandahalfstar in the Autumn Classic at Caulfield on Saturday but will only have two more starts this preparation.
Super Cool gave Fiveandahalfstar nearly six lengths on the home turn but finished brilliantly. ''That's how I wanted the race to be run,'' trainer Mark Kavanagh said.
''I needed it to be a sit-and-sprint because Fiveandahalfstar is probably a superior stayer but over 1800 metres I thought we could beat him.''
Kavanagh said Super Cool would not head interstate and likely would run in the Alister Clarke Stakes or the Australian Cup, before having a break in preparation for a spring campaign.
Fiveandahalfstar lost no admirers yesterday with his courageous placing and will head to the Australian Cup in a fortnight's time before heading to Sydney for the three-year-old classics.
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