Long Jack in Melbourne to target Victoria Derby
New Zealand three-year-old Long Jack will be out to enhance his Victoria Derby prospects when he steps up in distance at Caulfield for the second Australian start of his spring campaign.
Trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman in New Zealand, Long Jack is in Melbourne to target the Group One Victoria Derby (2500m) on November 2.
He made a winning start to his campaign in a maiden over 1400m on the synthetic track at Ballarat on September 6 and is favourite for Saturday's 4CYTE for Living Legends Handicap (1600m) against his own age.
Forsman said the colt had progressed well since his first-up win and expects the step up to 1600m to be ideal on Saturday for his fourth career start.
"The tricky thing for him will be that he's still quite raw and a little bit inexperienced and he's drawn barrier 10 out of 10 at Caulfield which I guess can be a little bit tricky for certain horses," Forsman said.
