After an eye-catching effort at long odds in South Australia, Sweltering is set for another crack at a Group 1 maiden victory in Saturday’s Queensland Oaks (2200m).
Prepared by the training duo Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, the filly hasn’t raced since finishing second to Benagil in the Australasian Oaks (2000m) in late April. That performance came in just her seventh career start and impressed co-trainer Young, who had seen enough in her work to expect a bold showing.
Sweltering now heads to Eagle Farm fresh, with six weeks between runs and a wide barrier draw to overcome. She will be ridden by Sydney-based jockey Rachel King and carries the bottle green and white colours of Yulong Investments, who secured her at the recent Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale.
“I’m really happy with the way she’s travelled up to Queensland,” Young said.
“I was up there last week and watched her do her final gallop on Tuesday morning and it was a really nice piece of work on her own, like she did before the Oaks in South Australia.
“She really ran through the line. She’s really thrived since being up there.
“She’s going into Saturday with six weeks between runs but just in the past we always thought that if they go to The Roses and then they go to the Oaks, sometimes they really just get one run when they come from that path.
“We elected to go straight into the Oaks and obviously with the sale being on the Tuesday, 10 days prior, we thought that would take a little bit out of her too.
“She’s really going great, we’ve got the terrible draw though.”
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