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Right You Are on Track for G1 Australian Cup

Tara Madgwick - Saturday March 11

The $200,000 VRC Australian Cup Prelude (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday did not carry Black Type, but it did set the stage for the $3million Group I VRC Australian Cup to be held at the same venue on March 25 and the winner was progressive So You Think stayer Right You Are.

Right You Are wins the Australian Cup Prelude - image Racing Photos

Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable, Right You Are made it five wins on the trot when he was too good for Melbourne Cup winner Vow and Declare, scoring by a length and a half for Mark Zahra.

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t;It's great to see, he's always been quite a talented horse who's probably had his quirks a little bit, but he's just in a beautiful rhythm now,” said David Eustace.

"He's taken to Cranbourne and Lucy and the team there have done a great in, first and foremost, he's sound, he's had a suspensory injury, but that's right clearly and he's just regaining a bit of confidence."

Right You Are is getting better with every run and is yet to hit the glass ceiling..

"He got a lovely ride from Mark (Zahra), he was patient, waited for the gap to come, and when he did full credit to the horse, he really dug in,” Eustace said

"I thought he showed an awful lot of fight, it wasn't handed on a platter at all today, he had horses coming at him for quite a long time and he kept finding.

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"It's great for the owners, they've been patient and they're getting the rewards."

The Group I VRC Australian Cup looms large as the next likely target with Eustace confirming he was on track for the lucrative race.

"For sure, why not? Today was a lovely trial for the race, he's a gelding, he's fit and sound and in career best form, so he'll be racing for $3 million and we'll have a crack,” he added.

Right You are was retained to race by his breeders and is the best of two winners from Group III Geelong Cup winner Leica Ding, who is by Victoria Derby winner Redding from the famed Leica family with champion filly Leica Show his fifth dam.

Leica Ding sadly died in 2021 and her final foal is an unnamed two year-old filly by Capitalist.

A stakes-winner at his previous start, Right You Are is one of seven Australian stakes-winners for So You Think this season.

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Race Result - Tab Australian Cup Prelude 2000m

Flemington Track: Good(4) Time: 2:00.58
1
Right You Are
- 6g So You Think (NZ) x Leica Ding (AUS) (Redding (NZ))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: M Zahra 57
2
1.3
Vow And Declare
- 7g Declaration Of War (USA) x Geblitzt (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: D T O'Brien Rdr: John Allen 58.5
3
2.6
Emissary
- 6g Kingman (GB) x Soviet Moon (IRE) (Sadler's Wells (USA))
Tnr: M D Moroney Rdr: B Shinn 57.5
4
2.9
Young Werther
- 5g Tavistock (NZ) x Romantic Time (NZ) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: D T O'Brien Rdr: Damian Lane 56
5
3.6
Yaphet
- 4g Blackfriars (AUS) x Snacking (AUS) (Bletchley Park (IRE))
Tnr: C I Brown Rdr: J Mott 56
6
3.8
Huetor
- 6g Archipenko (USA) x Briviesca (GB) (Peintre Celebre (USA))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: S Clipperton 59.5
7
5.8
Regal Power
- 7g Pierro (AUS) x Broadway Belle (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: J Leek Jnr Rdr: Ben Allen 56
8
11.6
Nobel Heights
- 5h Fiorente (IRE) x Free Friday (AUS) (Helissio (FR))
Tnr: Matthew Cumani Rdr: Jordan Childs 56
9
17.6
Surefire
- 5g Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Modesta (IRE) (Sadler's Wells (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Jye McNeil 57.5
10
20.1
Marocchino
- 6g Maschino (AUS) x Comesitbesideme (AUS) (McFlirt (NZ))
Tnr: L P Luciani Rdr: T Turner 58.5
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