Maysoon storms to victory with James McDonald onboard in the second race at Canterbury. Source: Mark Evans / News Limited
MESSENE and Maysoon, two of Team Hawkes's hat-trick heroes at Canterbury, have earned summer holidays after their impressive wins.
But promising juvenile Invisible, who completed the stable treble, remains on target for the $2 million Magic Millions 2yo Classic after his debut win last Saturday.
The Hawkes stable took only three horses to Canterbury and came away with three wins - and each galloper looks capable of developing into autumn carnival contenders.
Messene scored his seventh win from just 10 starts - his last five in succession - when he romped away with the December Handicap and he is, quite simply, too good to be racing at this time of the season.
Hall of Fame trainer John Hawkes is not prone to hyperbole so it speaks volumes when he revealed plans to aim Messene at the $3 million Doncaster Mile next April.
"He will go for a break now, we will give him a couple of weeks off, then look at the autumn,'' Hawkes said.
"We will aim at him at the handicaps like the Doncaster and hope he measures up. If he can qualify for that race, he would get in with a light weight.
"His potential is untapped, really, so it will be exciting to see what he can do next preparation.''
Messene is a giant of horse - he stands nearly 17 hands and is more than 560kg - and his sheer size will be his strength when he does take on the elite gallopers.
But it was also his weakness earlier in his race career and is the main reason the five-year-old has been so lightly-raced.
"He has always been very immature so we didn't push him as a young horse,'' Hawkes said.
"His owner-breeder, George Cloros, has been very patient and now the rewards are coming. The best is still to come from Messene.''
Maysoon's easy Canterbury success was her third win (with three placings) from six starts, all in her debut preparation.
"She is a little gem,'' Hawkes enthused. "She has done a super job in her first 'prep' and we will probably give her a break, too. We will give her a chance in better races in the autumn.''
Invisible created such a big impression with his debut win that he has been elevated to equal favouritism with Unencumbered at $4 for the Magic Millions on the Gold Coast on January 11.
"He's not a certain starter,'' Hawkes said. "We will see how he progresses over the next few days before deciding on the Magic Millions.
"But he has come through the Canterbury race well, he's pulled up fine, so that is a good sign.
"We just want to see how he does through the week. He will tell us, we're not going to rush him up there just for the sake of it."
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