Three-year-old Ihtsahymn takes out the Kingston Town Classic this month. Picture: Sean Middleton Source: Sean Middleton / News Limited
A VICTORIAN autumn trip is on the line for Fred Kersley's Ihtsahymn when the three-year-old contests the Group 2 Cox Stakes at Ascot tomorrow.
Ihtsahymn won the Group 1 1800m Kingston Town Classic at Ascot on December 7, defeating established older star Luckygray, to take his record to five wins from nine starts.
Tomorrow the pair clash again in the 2100m Cox Stakes.
Kersley said Ihtsahymn had all the breaks last start.
"We got a terrific trip in the Kingston Town with a great ride from Steve Parnham and Luckygray had to do it a bit harder," Kersley said.
Kersley said both horses were tackling 2100m for the first time.
Luckygray is TAB's $3.20 favourite with Ihtsahymn at $3.60 and Mr Moet $6.
If Ihtsahymn wins or runs well tomorrow, Kersley said a trip east could be on the cards.
"I haven't had a discussion with his connections, but if he was going to come to Victoria it would be the autumn in front of the spring," he said.
Dual Railway Stakes winner Luckygray clashes again with Ihtsahymn at Ascot tomorrow. Picture Graeme Collopy Source: News Limited
Kersley said Ihtsahymn's rating had risen from 72 to 104 in his past two starts which limited the gelding's options in Perth.
Kersley said he was taking advantage of the weight-for-age scale with Ihtsahymn, pointing out he carried 7kg less than Luckygray two weeks ago and 8kg less tomorrow.
"I'm very conscious of this. He has a long way to go to be an open-age weight-for-age horse," Kersley said.
The West Australian shot to national prominence as a thoroughbred trainer when he trained Northerly to win the 2001-02 Cox Plates and 2001 and 2003 Australian Cups.
Kersley said Ihtsahymn could not be compared with Northerly.
"Northerly didn't race as a two-year-old and only had a couple of starts as a late three-year-old, while this bloke showed a lot as a two-year-old and now as a three-year-old has won five from nine starts," he said.
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