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PADDOCKS ARE FOR COWS. WHY NOT A SEAMLESS SUMMER OF SPRINTING?
February 11, 2021 12:23 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Would program continuity – as in eliminating the gap between spring and autumn – bolster flagging sprint fields in Melbourne through the summer?
Spartan sprint ranks, highlighted by a lacklustre field of six in last month’s
Australia Stakes at
The eight-horse field for Saturday’s
Black Caviar Lightning Stakes at Flemington is hardly spilling over but at least it’s elite and suggests timing is important; the Australia Stakes falls too early, the Lightning doesn’t.
The Darley is a re-match from the key Darley Sprint combatants of the spring,