Aegon winning the group 2 Hobartville Stakes in February. Bradleyphotos.com.auOne of Aegon's potential issues as he steps up to weight-for-age racing could help him in his A$1 million target in Melbourne on Saturday. The Cambridge superstar makes his weight-for-age debut in the Memsie Stakes over 1400m, meeting a strong but not scary Group 1 field including former New Zealand mare Tofane. "That is a real bonus, being able to get somebody like Sam to look after the horses and work for us while they are there," said Forsman. The barrier draws have been kinder to Probabeel's stablemate Avantage who has drawn perfectly at four for $110,000 Foxbridge Plate at Ta Rapa if New Zealand racing can proceed on Saturday, which will be possible for regions at level 3 or better.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 25, 2021 22:18 UTC