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Surprise Baby may be on the move, but no decision has been made on where the injured stayer could be going.
The rising seven-year-old, who is currently sidelined with a hock injury, is listed on Racing Australia as being transferred and his co-owner John Fiteni said that a trainer had not been appointed for when the horse is ready to resume training. He’s still in rehab, Fiteni said of his gelding. No decision has been made on any of that. He is still four months away even before I even think about putting him to work. It’s a long way off.
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Patrick Moloney won his first race at Flemington in 30 months when dual Victorian country cup winner Declares War led throughout in the $135,000 Australian Racing Hall of Fame Trophy (2000m) on Saturday.
Trained by Matt Cumani, Declares War ($7) defeated Haky ($11) by a neck with Hypnos ($2.90), the New Zealand visitor looming as the winner on straightening, a further long neck away in third.
Moloney would have felt as if the Flemington winning post would never arrive as Declares War, who ran the 800 to 400-metres in 23.96 seconds when asked to quicken by his rider, slowed to complete his final 400 metres in 25.86 seconds.
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Fresh from a Group 1 in his home state last weekend, Phillip Stokes again heads to Morphettville with a strong hand for one of the feature races.
Without a runner in the G1 South Australian Derby or G3 Sires Produce, the now Pakenham-based trainer will take two live chances into the Listed Adelaide Guineas in the form of fillies Way To Go Paula and Highly Discreet.
In her two runs this preparation, Way To Go Paula has a Benchmark 64 win at Pakenham and a second placing when she was beaten under half a length in the Listed Nitschke Stakes a fortnight ago at Morphettville.