In-form three-year-old filly Solicit will run in Saturday’s Group 2 $175,000 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney.
Co-trainer Simon Zahra confirmed (on Tuesday) that she will travel to Sydney this weekend.
Solicit had been nominated for races in Melbourne and Sydney over the weekend, but a gallop right-handed at Flemington (on Tuesday) morning indicated she would have no problem racing the Sydney way of going.
“She’s been racing on her Sydney leg all prep down here in Melbourne so it didn’t pose any problems or issues for her this morning galloping right-handed,” Zahra said.
Solicit, the winner of her two starts in Melbourne this preparation, including the Group 2 $220,000 Kewney Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Australian Cup day, will follow the traditional path to the ATC Oaks.
Zahra said barring something going wrong, Solicit would run over 2000-metres in the Group 1 $400,000 Vinery Stud Stakes in two weeks before the Group 1 $1 million ATC Oaks (2400m), on April 19.
Zahra said Solicit had always been a bit special but some of the Spring races came a little too quickly for her.
“This time in she’s big and sound and the races haven’t hurt her at all,” he added.
– Racing Network
