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Many expected Impecunious to kick start the first Melbourne Saturday meeting of 2021 as a winner but instead was kicked out of contention at Caulfield.
Trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young witnessed their recruit win easily at her Australian debut last month at the same venue in a Class 1 Handicap (1200m), overpowering Winsum with the rail out 14 metres.
The stable revealed their Oaks aspirations for the daughter of Sacred Falls and the $135,000 Carol Watson Handicap (1400m), a three-year-old fillies benchmark 70 race, was meant to be boost her credentials ahead of important autumn assignments.
Damien Oliver remained aboard Impecunious for her second Australian start but he didn't have the pleasure of a second race ride as the New Zealand-bred filly was kicked by a rival runner on route to the barriers and scratched after a brief veterinary inspection.