Speeding Spur injured

Highly talented and current Great Southern Star's Champion, Speeding Spur will miss next week's $150,000 Rowe Cup as well as the Cambridge Jewels.

While on first glance, his run in last night's Anzac Cup seemed disappointing, it's the resulting swelling in his off hind leg after running 2nd behind Monbet, ringing alarm bells for co trainer Joshua Dickie.

Able to find the front, Speeding Spur and Josh Dickie were able to control the race and it looked like we were in for a classic battle of 2 superstars, but when Monbet darted up the lane, Spur could offer no more.

"It is impossible to tell what actually happened because he was fine before the race, but he wasn't himself in that last 150m" said Josh Dickie when spoken to by Mick Guerin.

With Speeding Spur out, Monbet will start a short priced favourite in both, next week’s Rowe Cup and his 4yo section of the Jewels.

Although Greg Hope, co trainer of Monbet, has floated the idea of missing this year’s jewels to allow his charge a decent spell before targeting the Group 1 Dominion Handicap in November.

If that happens, then classy mares, Sunny Ruby and Harriet Of Mot come into contention for Jewels Glory

 

Andrew Fitzgerald