Eight-year-old gelding The Cleaner (Aus) (Savoire Vivre {GB}), a sensation in his home state of Tasmania, is to be taken from local trainer Mick Burles and moved to Victoria, according to reports Monday. The winner of three group races in Victoria over the last two years–including a title-defending score in the G2 Dato' Tan Chin Nam S. Sept. 5–The Cleaner is also twice Group 1 placed in Victoria and contested the last two G1 Cox Plates.
According to reports, Burles recommended retirement for The Cleaner after his lackluster seventh of eight in a listed race in Tasmania Dec. 9. The trainer told AAP, “I'm quite pissed off, but they'll get the same result they got before. They couldn't tell me who is taking him, so that's a good start, but I won't be taking him back and fixing him again.”
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