King New Rider for the Don
- Friday, 04 October 2002 00:00
The Zabeel entire Don Eduardo (NZ) has a new rider
for Saturdays $A350,000, Turnbull Stakes over the 2000m of Flemingtons turf. Steven King has taken over from Don Eduardos previous rider
Damien Oliver who has defected to the Tony McEvoy trained Fields Of Omagh.
Fields Of Omagh won the John F Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley at his last start over
Magical Miss and Le Zagaletta, while Don Eduardo was a promising third in the Underwood
Stakes at Caulfield. After that run trainer Lee Freedman said that four-year-old Don
Eduardo (ex Diamond Lover) was coming back to his three-year-old form, which finished on
the highlight of a win in the AJC Derby at Randwick.
The extra distance of The Turnbull, 200m more than the 1800m of the Underwood, will suit
Don Eduardo. The horses owner, Eduardo Cojuangco, has the 2400m of the Hong Kong
Vase in December in his sights, as well as a possible tilt at the Dubai World Cup meeting
next year.
Both Don Eduardo and Fields Of Omagh face the Bart Cummings trained Magical Miss on
Saturday. The Danehill mare possibliy preparing for a Cox Plate/Melbourne Cup double like
the Cummings trained Saintly.
PIC - Quentin
Lang.
Media Release - TNZ