Celestial Falls To Make Randwick Return

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Celestial Falls

Stakes-placed filly is set for a return to racing on a day when her elder half-sister chases victory in the Listed Gosford Gold Cup on the same program.

Like Greysful Glamour a year earlier, Celestial Falls won last spring's Trial (1800m) at in September but has not raced since her third in the Group Three at her next start in October.

“She got sick in Melbourne after the Ethereal and I had to spell her,” Newnham said.

“She spelled down there and then she had a little paddock accident which put her back another six weeks so that's why she didn't race through the autumn in Sydney.

“She's made a good recovery it just meant it just set her back a few extra weeks. It was just before she was ready to come back into work.”

Newnham had originally aimed Celestial Falls towards the Group One Oaks but that race is not being run this winter in a revised Queensland because of the economic impacts of the coronavirus situation.

The Sydney trainer is still looking to get the filly to Brisbane for the Group Two The Roses (1800m) for three-year-old fillies at on June 13.

“We'll look at going up there if she performs well enough and warrants going up,” he said.

Celestial Falls has had three trials leading into her return and Newnham believes she will improve on whatever she does first-up.

“I'd like to just see her hitting the line strongly,” he said.

“She is going well enough but has needed every bit of the three trials after coming back from a long break.

“She did run well first-up last preparation, running second to Subpoenaed, but she is coming off a longer break this time.”

Group Three-winning mare Greysful Glamour was scratched from last Friday's because of a heavy track and saved for Saturday's Gosford Gold Cup (2000m) for which she was installed the early favourite on Wednesday in a capacity field of 14 plus emergencies.

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