A week after the Joe Pride-trained Ball Of Muscle fought off Redzel in a dramatic finish to the Challenge Stakes at Randwick, the same colours were carried to victory by Easy Eddie in Saturday’s Group III Maurice McCarten Stakes at Rosehill Gardens.
A hit-out at Ellerslie on Monday morning will put the final piece of the puzzle in place for Australian raider Neptune's Spear who is set to tackle the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie next Saturday.
Super Easy gelding Easy Eddie highlighted his readiness for loftier targets on Monday when he won the Invictus Sprint (1100m) by nearly four lengths at Randwick’s Kensington track.
Former Singapore Horse of the Year SUPER EASY celebrated his first success as a sire on his old stomping ground on Sunday, when the Stephen Gray-trained EASY DOES IT (Super Easy ex Nova) won on debut at Kranji.