Demerger to take a spell before crack at Melbourne Cup | Australia Melbourne Cup and Racing News

Demerger will join stablemate and Goodwood Handicap winner Glamour Puss in the paddock on an agistment property at Leopold, outside Geelong. O’brien cited his interest in the Melbourne spring over the Brisbane winter as the major factor in his decision.

“Both horses gave a peak performance in Adelaide and it’s hard to keep them up once that happens, particularly a two-miler like Demerger. We’ll aim her at the Melbourne Cup and work towards the Moonee Valley Cup as a final lead-up”.

After developing a taste for that winning feeling in SA, O’Brien is sending another of his charges, the lightly-raced Road to Damascus, to Adelaide for the Cheltenham meeting this weekend. More ventures to the southern state may follow.

Preparations for next the Brisbane Cup next month continue unabated however for SA trainer Tony McEvoy and Yvonne, his only runner in Queensland. She’ll contest the $90,000 Dane Ripper Quality (1300 m) at Eagle Farm on June 4 in the lead up to her primary mission, the $400,000 Winter Stakes, at the same venue, on June 25. Yvonne managed a close third, in the Pink Diamond Stakes, from three runs at Adelaide.

Trainer Richard Jolly will run Shablec, who ran third in the Goodwood Handicap, this weekend in the $125,000 Darley BTC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben, in the hope the four-year old gains a start at Stradbroke next month.

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