Harper’S Choice To Head To Wyong Cup

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Trainer has changed plans for Harper's Choice leading up to his Group One assignment.

The five-year-old will bypass Saturday's Premier's Cup (1900m) at and instead run in the Wyong and Cups on his way to a start in the .

Harper's Choice won the Premier's Cup Prelude (1800m) on August 11, beating Emperor's Way and who are both entered on Saturday.

“The plan is to go to Wyong with him instead,” Ryan said.

“He can't do both and the program fits in better for him with two weeks from the to Newcastle and then two weeks to the Metropolitan.”

Harper's Choice finished second to in the 2017 but suffered with a high benchmark until this winter.

He won the Listed Winter Cup (2400m) on June 30 before his win in the Premier's Cup Prelude.

The -trained Auvray is the highest rated horse in the Premier's Cup on 109, one point veteran Destiny's Kiss who finished second to Harper's Choice in the Winter Cup.

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