Anthony and Sam Freedman will follow a proven path with their imported mare, Place Du Carrousel, this spring.
Like Without A Fight, the five-year-old mare is expected to target the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) before aiming for the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) and Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), with a possible run in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) also on the cards.
“We will go down a similar path as we did last year with Without A Fight to the Caulfield Cup with her,” Sam Freedman told Racing.com.
“We are looking at her running in the Underwood Stakes but we might add in the Turnbull Stakes.”
Place Du Carrousel, who won the 2022 Group 1 Prix de l’Opera (2000m) under the training of Andre Fabre in France, debuted for the Freedman partnership with a second-place finish to Via Sistina in the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) and subsequently finished seventh behind Pride Of Jenni in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m).
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