Sydney conditioner Michael Freedman has dispatched Satin Summer to Melbourne to take part in the upcoming sprint races tailored for three-year-old fillies.
Satin Summer is slated to kick off Freedman’s strategy at Caulfield this Saturday in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes, covering a distance of 1100 metres.
Freedman has noted that Melbourne provides more suitable options for sprinting fillies, with the exception of the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on the subsequent Saturday and the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m), also at Randwick, two weeks thereafter.
“There’s not a lot here (in Sydney),” Freedman commented.
“You’ve got the Silver Shadow and the Furious, and after that there is nothing.
“You go down there (to Melbourne) and basically every second week there is a fillies sprint race.”
Having raced only three times, Satin Summer secured a debut victory at Randwick in January before advancing directly to Stakes races, finishing fifth in the Listed Lonhro Plate at Randwick on January 7.
The filly was then absent from the racing scene until finishing third at Rosehill over 1100 metres on July 4.
Satin Summer has since completed a trial at Warwick Farm on August 4, following Freedman’s decision to withdraw the filly from two previous race entries.
“She’s had one run back and we’ve scratched off a couple of wide gates the last two times she was in,” Freedman explained.
“She trialled at Warwick Farm with the blinkers on and went great and she’ll wear them in the Quezette, plus we’ve got Jamie Melham to ride her.”
Satin Summer is set to start from barrier one on Saturday.
When asked about Satin Summer potentially remaining in Melbourne following Saturday’s race, Freedman stated, “Possibly, if that’s the way it pans out.”
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