Top internationals at the head of the weights make it hard for locals

By Michael Lynch
Updated September 23 2015 - 9:13pm, first published 8:30pm
Blake Shinn on Fenway wins the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill Gardens in March Photo: Brendon Thorne
Blake Shinn on Fenway wins the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill Gardens in March Photo: Brendon Thorne

A strong international presence and a determination by the owners and trainers of the top-rated horses to keep their gallopers entered for the big races right up to the cut-off point, suggests it will be difficult to get a start in the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate  and even harder to win.

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