Jason Coyle eyeing stakes races for flying mare Lulumon

Trainer Jason Coyle is confident Lulumon is primed for another win as she looks to take another step towards stakes company at Randwick on Saturday.

Trainer Jason Coyle is confident Lulumon is primed and ready to be a leading contender again as she looks to take another step towards stakes company at Royal Randwick on Saturday.

Lulumon has returned in sensational order and will go in search of her third win in her past four starts in the The Agency Real Estate Benchmark 78 Handicap (1000m).

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The daughter of Vancouver has excelled over the Randwick 1000m at her last visit to the venue on June 21 and is a $3.70 favourite to repeat the performance this weekend.

“She’s going really good,” Coyle said.

“With the scratchings now, it looks a nice race. The barrier is a bit sticky but we retain the same rider (Jason Collett) so it’s a pretty open book for him.

“If she can get a similar run in transit to what we saw last start she looks a likely contender.”

Lulumon is building an excellent resume for a future career post-race in the breeding barn with five wins and eight placings from 18 starts.

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A crack at black type is the ultimate goal for the rising five-year-old with Coyle to make up his mind when he dips his toe in the deep end after Lulumon’s next few starts.

“We have cracked the 80 with the benchmark now and in her next couple of starts if we can get another metropolitan win on the board then whether it’s this preparation or targeting a Summer stakes race or even higher range into the autumn,” Coyle said.

“She will be a five-year-old mare and that’s the time the breeders get interested in them.

“We will get through Saturday and then look at another start possible then have a look at her next six to nine months and figure out where we want her in.”

Lulumon winning last start at Randwick. Picture: Getty Images

Coyle is hopeful Bluff ‘N’ Bluster ($51) can get a start in the Midway Benchmark 72 Handicap (1600m) with the gelding needing one more scratching.

Bluff ‘N’ Bluster, now a rising nine-year-old, finished off with plenty of merit first-up in Midway grad.

“He is at the tail end of his career but his first-up run was outstanding,” Coyle said.

“He has done that in the past and with an older horse, things really do have to fall into place for them but I thought he was very good and dare I say a little unlucky not finish a length and a half or two lengths closer.”

BREEDING BEAUTIES

Breeding buffs would have been salivating when they saw the entries to Saturday’s Toronto Workers Club Maiden Handicap (1200m) at Newcastle.

Close relations to an The Everest winner, a Golden Slipper runner-up and one of Australia’s best mares were just a few of the acceptors in the two-year-old field.

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Among them is the unraced half-sister to superstar mare Fangirl, a filly by Wootton Bassett out of Little Surfer Girl named Bella Wahine, trained by Chris Waller.

Waller also scratched Royal Air Force, the half-brother to The Everest winner Think About It, after he drew wide, Group 1 winner Dear Demi’s latest foal, Precise Air, suffered a similar fate. as did Artorius’ brother Sixties.

Snitzel colt Front Rank is set to make his debut for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

He’s the brother of Kiwi Group 1 winner turned Cambridge Stud stallion Sword Of State.

His stablemate Watson is a blue blood too, by Capitalist out of Group 1 winner Speak Fondly.

Annabel and Rob Archibald’s promising colt Duke Atreides is in line for his first start and there’s no doubt he will attract interest as the half-brother of 2022 Golden Slipper runner-up Best Of Bordeaux.

Sydney’s two-year-old event jumps at 11.10am at Royal Randwick but it will be wise to turn the focus to Newcastle come 2.25pm on Saturday.

Originally published as Jason Coyle eyeing stakes races for flying mare Lulumon