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Laing has his Star of Carrum

Stars Of Carrum will have his first run back from a tendon injury with his original trainer Robbie Laing.

Stars Of Carrum.
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Robbie Laing is hoping history can repeat with the return of Stars Of Carrum to his Cranbourne stable. 

Laing prepared Stars Of Carrum early in his career to win the Group 2 Vase at Moonee Valley in 2018 before running second to Extra Brut in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington

Stars Of Carrum left Laing's stable in his four-year-old year after the trainer struck a financial hurdle and after stints with Mick Kent, Pat Carey and Peter Moodythe stayer is back with Laing and about to have his first run in 15 months. 

The Festive Season Sprint (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday will be Stars Of Carrum's first run since finishing third at Sandown in September 2021. 

Laing says there are similarities with former Australian Cup winner Roman Arch who returned to Laing after a stint in South Australia with Mick Whittle almost two decades ago. 

"He left for two years, came back as a seven-year-old and won a further $1.5 million," Laing said. 

"He won an Australian Cup, a Sandown Classic, a Werribee Cup, a Victoria Handicap, ran second in a Hollindale Cup, a Doomben Cup and a Blamey." 

Stars Of Carrum returned to Laing having overcome a tendon injury. 

After plenty of work with renowned tendon specialist Lee Evison, Laing has prepared Stars Of Carrum for the past two months. 

There were those asking whether Laing could follow a similar path of preparing Stars Of Carrum for a first-up tilt over a trip, but instead he is using shorter course racing to bring the stayer back. 

"Sir Pentire and Mazzacano had the luxury of running in hurdle and steeple trials through January, February and March on good tracks that didn't have a hoof-print on them," Laing said. 

"But when you've got a flat horse and you want to run him in a 1200-metre trial, it's usually heat 21, 22 or 23 of the morning and the tracks are cut up. 

"If I want the horse to stay sound, I would be better off doing a Bart Cummings, or a George Hanlon, running in a straight line on a beautifully manicured Flemington and that's what we're doing. 

"I'm hoping there is plenty of pace in the race, so they do come back to him from the 200 metres. 

"If they do what they have been doing, sit up early and sprint home, he won't get near them, but I don't want to see him being in the early speed battle being mad fresh. 

"I have seen stayers do that and get awfully tired. I want to see him running through the line, like Hyperno used to, Think Big, all those good stayers of Bart's." 

Longterm Laing is eyeing March's Adelaide Cup (3200m) and The Roy Higgins (2800m) at Flemington. 

Success in The Roy Higgins affords the winner a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup, a race Laing was eyeing with Stars Of Carrum before standing aside from training for two years. 


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Flemington Saturday, 17th December 2022

5f212y TURF GOOD
AUD $130,000

Furphy Festive Season Sprint

AUD $130,000
Age: 3yo and up Type: BM84
5f212y TURF GOOD
FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 12. INVINCIBLE CAVIAR (AUS) 4yo M
I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - BLACK CAVIAR (AUS)
JAMIE KAH
PETER G MOODY
$3.1
54kg
Werrett Bloodstock Pty Ltd (Mgr: N R J Werrett), Mrs P A Hawkes, C H Madden, Mrs J G Madden, D M Taylor & Mrs J Taylor
2nd 7. MY YANKEE GIRL (AUS) 4yo M
AMERICAN PHAROAH (USA) - PITTSBURGH FLYER (AUS)
BLAKE SHINN
JOHN SALANITRI
$7
56kg
Hirsch Racing (Mgr: E Hirsch)

Sales Information

3rd 11. DANCE TO DUBAI (AUS) 5yo M
PRIDE OF DUBAI (AUS) - BRISK (GB)
MS CARLEEN HEFEL
PETER G MOODY
$20
52kg
Wylie Dalziel Roy Higgins Racing (Mgr: W J Dalziel), P G Moody, P J Cormack, R Atkinson, G H E Goyne, P Chapman, P Cunningham, C P Mcdougall, R C McCallum, S M Thompson, I R Wellwood, S J Mulvogue, Fools Rushin (Mgr: C P Mcdougall) & Snow Road Thoroughbreds (Mgr: G N Mcnulty)

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4th 4. SPACEBOY (AUS) 6yo G
DEEP FIELD (AUS) - MIATOKO (AUS)
BEN MELHAM
GARY PORTELLI
$16
59.5kg

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5th 8. SO RISQUE (NZ) 5yo G
SO YOU THINK (NZ) - RISQUE BUSINESS (NZ)
MICHAEL DEE
BEN & JD HAYES
$10
56kg

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6th 1. ZAC DE BOSS (NZ) 5yo G
ZACINTO (GB) - VERA DE BOSSET (AUS)
MATTHEW CARTWRIGHT
SIMON ZAHRA
$17
60.5kg

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7th 3. SNAPPER (NZ) 5yo G
POWER (GB) - ONLYAROSE (NZ)
JAMIE MOTT
MICHAEL MORONEY
$7.5
60kg

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8th 5. WILLIAM THOMAS (AUS) 8yo G
NICCONI (AUS) - GIRLS ROCK (AUS)
HARRY COFFEY
J W PRICE
$31
59.5kg

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9th 10. MONARCH OF EGYPT (USA) 5yo G
AMERICAN PHAROAH (USA) - UP (IRE)
CRAIG WILLIAMS
BEN & JD HAYES
$26
55.5kg
10th 6. MUNHAMEK (GB) 6yo G
DARK ANGEL (IRE) - CADENZA (FR)
DAMIEN OLIVER
NICK RYAN
$5
58.5kg

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11th 2. STARS OF CARRUM (AUS) 7yo G
FIORENTE (IRE) - SIGNORET (AUS)
THOMAS STOCKDALE
ROBBIE LAING
$151
58.5kg

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12th 9. LADY DUNMORE (AUS) 5yo M
WANDJINA (AUS) - INISHMORE (AUS)
DANIEL MOOR
PHILLIP STOKES
$51
55.5kg

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