Fell Swooping For Deserved Group 1 Success

Not many horses in Australia deserve a Group 1 success more than Fell Swoop (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) and Matthew Dale's 5-year-old will get the chance to set the record straight in Saturday's G1 Doomben 10,000 in Brisbane. The gelding has been placed in five top level events and has been second, beaten just a head on two occasions, including when outgunned by Rebel Dane (Aus) (California Dane {Aus}) in the G1 Manikato S. at Moonee Valley last October. While success on Saturday would be welcomed by Dale, the race will also serve as an important showcase for the horse's chance in The Everest, a race the trainer is hoping Fell Swoop will get to line up in. “We haven't secured a slot as yet but that is in the pipeline. We have had some discussions with slot-holders but nothing has been locked in yet,” Dale told Racing.com. Despite not guaranteed a start in the A$10m race Dale is keen to ensure his charge is cherry ripe for the 1200m race in October. “The Everest has to be 100 per cent on the radar when you have a weight-for-age Group 1 sprinter. It's hard to ignore and it's a matter of restructuring the lead-up races and coming up with a plan. That plan is to have him there third-up into the Everest as we've tackled the T.J. Smith in the same way.”