TWO horses bred in Japan but trained at Darren Weir’s Warrnambool stable ran first and second in the $500,000 Futurity Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.
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Brave Smash defeated his stablemate Tosen Stardom by three quarters of a length to win the Group 1 race for Weir while another Warrnambool stable runner Humidor ran fourth in the 1400 metre event.
Gailo Chop also trained at Weir’s Warrnambool yard beat Single Gaze to take out the Group 2 $200,000 Peter Young Stakes.
Jarrod McLean, foreman for Weir’s Warrnambool operation was excited with the results from their stable stars in the black type races.
“It was a great day at the office,” McLean said. “The results are a great reward for all the hard work the staff do at Warrnambool. I thought the win of Brave Smash was outstanding. It was great to see him win a Group 1. Brave Smash may now go to the Newmarket but Weiry will work that out. Tosen Stardom was brilliant and could run in the Blamey. Humidor resumed with a top effort to run fourth. He may go to the Blamey and then the Doncaster Handicap.”
Gailo Chop broke his rivals hearts winning the Young Stakes and is now the $3.50 favourite for the $1.5 million Australian Cup to be run at Flemington on March 10.