James Cummings is certain one of the most famous stables in racing can hitch its autumn to the deeds of the Golden Rose winner Hallowed Crown, starting in the Hobartville Stakes on Saturday.
“He is a great horse to have in the stable, he really lifts the whole stable,” Cummings said.
“With ammunition like him I think we are going into the carnival with plenty to offer.”
Hallowed Crown is one of four Group One winners set to take their place in the $200,000 Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill.
The valuable colt will be the only Rosehill runner for Leilani Lodge, the Randwick stable run by Cummings and his grandfather Bart.
But he promises to be one of the favourites in a Group Two contest tipped to provide important clues to some of the richest races of the autumn carnival.
“It is really going to shape up nicely for the three-year-olds going towards the (ATC Australian) Derby or maybe even a Doncaster (Mile),” Cummings said.
“It will give us a guide of where we’re at but I’m pretty comfortable with the way he galloped on Saturday at Randwick.
“He was very fleet-footed. It was a lung burner he really needed.”
Hallowed Crown, Preferment, Shooting To Win and Hampton Court are the Group One winners in the Hobartville and all four are resuming.
And Godolphin’s Sweynesse, good enough to run in the Cox Plate, will be another class runner to start to his autumn campaign.
“I would expect it to be a really interesting race on Saturday to see how he matches up first-up against a really strong bunch of three-year-olds,” Cummings said.
“There is us, Shooting To Win and Sweynesse first-up and then there are race-fit horses like Scissor Kick, Panzer Division and even Meursault off the midweeks.”
Chris Waller dominates the entry for the Hobartville with Victoria Derby winner Preferment among his four nominations.
Delectation, Harrier Jet, Kermadec – second, third and fourth respectively in the Eskimo Prince Stakes, complete the Waller quartet.
