Reported in the press over here that Northerly worked in brilliant fashion last Saturday morning. With Patrick Payne on top, apparently he sprinted the final 400m in particularly good time.

Northerly will contest Saturday's $200,000 weight-for-age St George Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield.

He is nominal favourite for the $1.25 million Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on March 10.

Northerly will have his first Sydney start in the $400,000 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) on March 29 and then the $2 million BMW (2400m) two weeks later.

He is also expected to run in the $750,000 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on May 3.

Connections still to decide whether to take Northerly to Singapore for the $3 million Airline International Cup (2000m), in mid May.

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All the best from the West

Sandgroper :smile:

[ This Message was edited by: Sandgroper on 2003-02-17 17:39 ]