Lofty options on the table for talented Hurry Curry
Danny O’Brien looks to have another talented staying filly on his hands in the shape of Hurry Curry (Ocean Park) who snared the Crown Oaks Preview (1800m) at Flemington on Sunday.
O’Brien is already planning to step Hurry Curry up in distance and grade for her next outing in the Ethereal Stakes (Gr 3, 2000m) at Caulfield on October 19.
Depending on the filly’s performance in that race, Hurry Curry would then press on to the Wakeful Stakes (Gr 2, 2000m) at Flemington on November 2 and potentially the Victoria Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) at Flemington on November 7.
Ridden by Jye Mcneil, Hurry Curry ($3.80) scored by 1.5 lengths from Inevitable Truth (Fastnet Rock) with Our Paramour (Contributer) a further 0.2 lengths away third.
O’Brien said Hurry Curry was always going to be a filly that would appreciate stretching out in trip and enjoyed Sunday’s 1800-metre journey at only her third race start.
“The first time at 1200 metres, was very much an education run and the second start at Bairnsdale she won very convincingly,” O’Brien said. “She was having her third start today and she’s probably won quite soft again.
“It’s promising signs and she’s a filly that will get better again in the autumn, but we’ll give her a chance to push on into the spring now.
“She probably won’t run again for four weeks. She’ll go to the race on Caulfield Cup day and then onto the Wakeful and the Oaks if everything is going well.
“She’s a typical middle-distance horse and the first time you get a good look at them is in a mile maiden, that’s when they’re suited, so if they can handle that, then you can step up the pressure and the distance.
“She looks like she is going to appreciate 2000 metres and further and that’s the thing with the Derby and the Oaks, they’re early in their three-year-old season and it’s always a test how quickly they can get to that sort of distance.
“She looks that sort of horse.”
Bred and raced by Waikato Stud, Hurry Curry is out of the winning Savabeel (Zabeel) mare Hurry and is from the same family as multiple Group 1-winning sire Sacred Falls, who stood at Waikato Stud until his death in 2019.