Lastotchka was set to be running a group 3 in France on Sunday but instead found herself doing some light work at Werribee preparing for the Melbourne Cup after being purchased by Australians in September.
She will have already jumped more hurdles than most of her rivals to reach the barriers of Australia’s most famous race.It was less than a fortnight ago that the French-raced mare clattered onto firm ground in Australia around midnight on October 18 after making the 23-hour trip from London to Melbourne via Doha with Ben Elam for company.
And she has needed those qualities because as Kent jnr admits, “everything had to go right” to get to this point. Jamie Lovett from Australian Bloodstock bought the dual group 3 winner a little over a month ago with an ambitious plan to have her race in the Cup.It was a brave move as the horse was purchased before undergoing the stringent MRI and health checks that are now a prerequisite for all overseas horses with their eyes on the Cup.
She gave every indication she liked what she saw, with Kent jnr conscious that the biggest risk to her health was the shift she experienced from working on sand at Chantilly to doing straight line work at Newmarket before taking on the turning track at Werribee.
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