Stewart Stable Remarkable

[Messenger]

Rod, I don't think you can accuse the stable of not plotting the best program for their horses. You have to remember that most of their topliners are juveniles and you can only target so many big races with them

[aussiebreno]

Rod, I don't think you can accuse the stable of not plotting the best program for their horses. You have to remember that most of their topliners are juveniles and you can only target so many big races with them

Yeah this. Their dominance has been largely restricted to 2yo and 3yo racing. With Vicbred, Breeders Crown, Oaks/Derby there is no incentive to travel. Travelled the 4yos and Chariots of Fire record is strong and won a Rising Sun with Ladies In Red. They have 'struggled' with older horses with most being stuck to Country Cups class. This is evidenced with their Vic Cup and Hunter Cup record, finally only breaking through this year with Act Now and Honolua Bay. Those two not really travelled yet - but both had long stints without racing in the past 12 months so not like they've been racing much in Vic either.

Older horses that were GC horses were Safari who came along early in the piece before this dominance, Restrepo who was probably just a length or two off the very best but did go to a Miracle Mile and Perth ID, Guaranteed who went to a Miracle Mile but probably never hit his best again after that and Philadelphia Man who probably isn't in their top 20 horses but struck an easy ID series in WA winning 2x heats and won a Blacks a Fake in QLD. They have been happy to travel Mach Dan to Syd and QLD. I'm not really sure what horse and when they should have travelled more?