John Wallace’s stable star ‘Shoot Out’ has had a change of heart regarding the dual Group 1 winner’s upcoming campaign, deciding to resume this autumn in the T.J. Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on April 9.
Shoot Out will likely have two starts in Sydney during the autumn carnival over shorter trips before the four-year-olds campaign head’s north to Queensland.
Shoot Out’s first Queensland run over the winter will be in the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes run over 1800m at his home track on May 7, prior to a tilt at more Group 1 success in the Doomben Cup over 2020m a fortnight later.
The four-year-olds proposed campaign is the same path ‘Metal Bender’ took last season, when he claimed the Hollindale Stakes and Doomben Cup double.
In November, as reported on Talking Turf, trainer John Wallace stated a trip to Sydney over the autumn was unlikely after Shoot Out’s lengthy spring campaign, suggesting that Shoot Out would have a lengthy break and be aimed at only the Queensland carnival.
Shoot Out is expected to have at least one trial prior to resuming however Wallace is unsure whether it will be in Sydney or Brisbane.
Written by Isaac Chaplin
