Lankan Rupee (Aus) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}), the winner of four Group 1 sprints in Australia last year, yesterday won a jump-out at Caulfield. According to Racing and Sports, the 5-year-old gelding stalked the leaders of the jump-out before powering home smartly at the end of the 800-meter heat.
“I thought he went super,” trainer Mick Price told the site, adding his stable star would likely trial at Cranbourne next Monday in preparation for the G1 Lightning S. at Flemington Feb. 21.
Lankan Rupee recorded a Group 1 triple last autumn in the Oakleigh Plate, Newmarket H. and T J Smith S., and was second by the barest of margins in the G2 McEwan S. and G1 Moir S. at the start of the spring. He rebounded to take the G1 Manikato S., but was run down after setting the pace in the G1 Darley Classic when last seen Nov. 8. Price said he is looking to revert to off-the-pace tactics for Lankan Rupee.
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