Mornington Glory is set to make his return after nearly five months in Saturday’s Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.
The rising six-year-old had a progressive campaign last season under Gavin Bedggood, beginning as a 63-rater at Ballarat and concluding with a third-place finish in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) behind Queman (Mint Lane) after ten starts and three wins.
“We started pretty low last time and he worked through the grades, but he doesn’t get that luxury this time around. This looks like a nice off-season stakes race to be kicking him off,” Bedggood told Racing.com.
“He’s come back well and he’s got improvement to come but he’s fit enough to run a big race.”
Bedggood has his sights set on targeting the second-tier sprints over the spring carnival, aiming to pick up as much prize money as possible.
“Races like the Carlyon, the Heath, the Schillaci, the McEwen,” the trainer said.
“We’ll poke around the fringes while the better sprinters will be going for the Moir and the Manikato.”
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