Vancouver Off for Rest of the Year

‘TDN Rising Star’ Vancouver (Aus) (Medaglia d’Oro), recent winner of the G1 Golden Slipper S., will head to the paddock for a spell, skipping the remaining Triple Crown races. Instead, the colt will be aimed towards the G1 Caulfield Guineas and the G1 Cox Plate next year. 

“I want him to come back and win the [G1] Golden Rose and the Guineas and have a shot at the Cox Plate,” Waterhouse told The Age. “I just think giving this colt a break now will consolidate him in a big way. He’s such a brilliant and talented young horse and giving him a bit of time to mature you just won’t know him as a 3-year-old. Since they’ve changed the program, they’ve stretched all this out for the 2-year-olds, which has made it a lot harder for them.”