“There is actually nothing physically wrong with the horse, he just wants to lay-in in both directions but since we’ve but the one-eyed blinker on he has gone gun barrel straight both times.” “He’s only had two starts with the one-eyed blinker on and he’s won them both and the ironic thing is that he’s had it on a different side each time,” he said. “At the end of the day though it doesn’t really matter, the horse is flying, he’s doing a really good job and I couldn’t be happier with him going into Sunday.”Ī horse with the habit of wanting to lay-in in his races, Scott said the addition of a one-eyed blinker before the Scone Cup has proved a revelation. “I think if the horse was trained by a big-name trainer then he’d be half of his opening price and people would probably take more notice,” Scott said. When asked why his horse seemed to be continually underrated, Scott said he asked himself the same question during the week. ![]() There’s been little spruik or fanfare, but the Colin Scott-trained Speediness has continued to build an impressive record heading into Sunday’s $400,000 Clamms Seafood Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m).Īn impressive winner of the Listed Pink Ribbon Cup at Caulfield in April at the starting price of $10, the son of Testa Rossa then finished a close-up third behind subsequent Doomben Cup winner Beaten Up in the Rowley Mile (1600m) at Hawkesbury, before defying a wide run to win the $200,000 Scone Cup at $13 in May.Īfter resuming from a break with a barnstorming win at $20 in the traditional Sir Rupert Clarke lead-up race, the Group 3 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m) at Flemington, the six-year-old was again put up this week at as much as $21 in the early betting. Speediness flies home to win the Bobbie Lewis Quality first up at Flemington
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