For the previous two years, Australia’s greatest four-year-olds have been the testing materials for King Of Swing within the Miracle Mile, and Bondi Lockdown looms because the younger gun to upset historical past at Menangle on Saturday evening.
King Of Swing is a $1.55 favorite to be the primary horse to win three Miracle Miles and preserve his good file intact over the Menangle mile, a visit he’s unbeaten at in 10 begins.
Bondi Lockdown has benefited from the additional week of preparation after the Miracle Mile was washed out.
Nevertheless, the week delay after the $1 million race was washed away by a storm final weekend has lifted the hopes of Bondi Lockdown’s trainer-driver Aaron Dunn and given his cost extra time to recuperate from a minor virus after the Chariots Of Hearth.
Bondi Lockdown didn’t win the Chariots Of Hearth however his courageous effort to soak up all of the strain up entrance earlier than Higher Eclipse received him late in a one minute and 47.6 second mile was sufficient to earn him an invite to the Miracle Mile.
The Chariots Of Hearth is the race Lochinvar Artwork and Costly Ego got here by as four-year-olds earlier than they ran second to King Of Swing previously two Miracle Miles.
“His bloods simply weren’t proper the Tuesday after the Chariots and he was off the water on the place the place we had been staying for some time,” trainer-driver Aaron Dunn stated.
“He was getting higher day by day, and the additional week hasn’t harm us.
“It labored out effectively. It has allowed him to get proper and have a bit extra work. The great factor was we introduced him to the retention barn at Menangle. He appeared to love the water right here, which was a bonus as a result of he began consuming.
“My solely fear is that he has been up for therefore lengthy and is likely to be on the finish of his prep, however we gained’t know if that could be a drawback till after Saturday.”
