Rex Lipp-trained Queensland filly to race at Doomben Saturday en route to Queensland Oaks
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Dragon Leap eyes Stradbroke Handicap tilt, Force Of Will runs this Saturday
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Lance O’Sullivan admits his confidence in Rocket Spade’s prospects for Australia’s richest staying classic hasn’t been bolstered by the subsequent Australian performances of the pair that trailed him home in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m).
Rocket Spade is on the third line of betting for the A$2 million Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday after beating Milford by a short neck in the New Zealand Derby, with Frontman a further short head back in third.
But in their respective races since the New Zealand Derby, both Milford and Frontman – who races as The Frontman in Australia – disappointed when finishing well held eighth-placings in their Australian debuts, Milford in the Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) and The Frontman in the Gr.2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m).