McEvoy's Tough Ask to Test Luna Scene
- Friday, 28 March 2003 00:00
Promising galloper Luna Scene will face her toughest test to date tomorrow when she confronts a rise in class and distance in the $70,300 Group Three Vinery Stud Adelaide Guineas (1600m) at Morphettville.
In form trainer Tony McEvoy said the exciting performer would require a supreme effort should she win the Adelaide feature and stakes his claims for some of the Adelaide Carnival riches.
"We're asking her to jump in the deep end here a bit," McEvoy said. "She's rising a lot in distance and also of course that is compounded by a stronger field on the weekend."
Luna Scene impressed seasoned racegoers with her impressive first up win at Cheltenham a fortnight ago in her first start since successful surgery.
"She had bone chips in both knees and her run the other day was her first since the operation," McEvoy noted.
A chestnut daughter of Langfuhr, Luna Scene is the topical tip in the Guineas, which is sponsored by leading Hunter Valley based breeding farm Vinery Stud.
She was bred and is part owned by the Vinery Syndicate fronted by Vinery's Australian boss Peter Orton. Her other part owners include Mark Pilkington's Lindsay Park Racing Syndicate, Ron Dufficy and the Vic Club 20 Syndicate, who've had great success in recent months with the Blue Diamond Stakes placegetter Halibery.
McEvoy has a nice opinion of Luna Scene, who has only been beaten once, when a 0.6 length fourth to Nul Autre at Caulfield.
"She's a really nice filly," McEvoy said. "This race is sure to give us a good guide to exactly where she is up to."
Luna Scene's rivals tomorrow include the likely favourite Lawson's Storm, the Nitschke Stakes runner up Mr Jazz Man and the Mick Whittle trained King's Arch.
PIC - Jenny Barnes.
