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Richard and Will Freedman will make a bold play with Magnatear, sending him West for the Railway Stakes later in the month.
The bold seven-year-old has been on the heels of the placegetters, finishing fourth in the Alan Brown Stakes and sixth in the Big Dance, which had Will Freedman thinking outside the box.
“We know where he sits against the horses like Gringotts and Formal Display, which will be heading to The Gong and The Ingham, so why try something different and give him a crack at a Group 1 over there,” Freedman said.
“He loves firm tracks, which are probably going to get, and I think Ascot will suit his style, and we have seen how tough he is in the last couple of runs.
“He is going to be taking on different horses over there and with the right run I think he could give them a scare.
“We are going for the two runs, the Railway then back up in the Gold Rush, and I think it is a challenge he is up too.
“He gets to run in a couple $1.5 million races and itis exciting for his owners who are heading over as well.”
The Freedman have booked lightweight Alysha Collett to ride Magnatear in Perth, where he is on the limit weight of 54kg in the Railway Stakes on Saturday week.
“Alysha is the perfect rider to take over there. It is obvious that he is going to push forward and give them something to chase,” Freedman said.
“He has always been a horse that travels well and ran fourth in the Magic Millions Cup at the beginning of the year when we took up to the Gold Coast.”
There will be a number of visitors running in the Railway, including Surfin Bird, Harry’s Yacht and Steparty, with decisions yet to be made on star Cosmic Crusader and Champions Mile placegetter Buckaroo, who are booked on the plane and will run in the Northerly Stakes.
