Whenever Petrograd runs, trainer Michael Clements feels like he is opening a box of chocolates. But, on Saturday, he was not too surprised either that the unpredictable three-year-old got to enjoy the sweet taste of success for the second time. To Clements, the...
“We then stepped him up to 1,200m and he was caught wide and chased up again.”
Newcomer Mimosas let down on the outside. But, probably still a touch undercooked first-up, the former Flemington straight winner had to settle for second place, 1¼ lengths astern. The Gandharvi Stable-owned galloper’s two victories at Kranji have come on the synthetic track, but Clements is not jumping to any conclusion yet.If anything, the Zimbabwe-born conditioner could even have pigeonholed Petrograd as a turf horse, given the choice.Such a theory has yet to be fully proven, even if it does hold water with his two seconds on turf at his first two starts.
Interestingly, the 2020 Singapore champion should be spoilt for choice with as many as 14 three-year-olds in his yard.
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