Spring carnival plans remain in place for Southern Speed who has been given a clean bill of health two days after pulling up a little worse for wear from her season return in Adelaide.
The mare was found to be lame in near fore leg after her third in the Spring Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville but co-trainer Andrew Gluyas said there were no signs of any problem on Monday and she will press ahead to the Listed Penny Edition (1400m) on August 25.
“She was fine by Sunday morning and there’s no trouble today,” Gluyas said.
“She’ll go on to the Penny Edition on Saturday week and then to Melbourne.”
The winner of the 2011 Caulfield Cup, Southern Speed has that race on her agenda again as long as she is not given too much weight.
The weight-for-age Cox Plate Plate (2040m) is also in the mix with much depending on her performance in the Maybe Diva (1600m) at Flemington on September 8.
“That’s the race which will tell us which way to go,” Gluyas said.
Southern Speed came within a nose of winning the Australian Cup (2000m) at weight-for-age in the autumn when edged out by Manighar.
She was spelled after twice finishing fifth in Sydney in the Ranvet Stakes (2000m) and BMW (2400m), both won by Manighar.
TAB Sportsbet has Southern Speed at $26 for the Caulfield Cup on October 20 and $21 for the Cox Plate a week later.
