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Trainer offers a Diamond cut

24th Jan 2011

Sydney Morning Herald - Patrick Bartley - Monday, 24 January 2011

ALBURY trainer Brett Cavanough is so enthusiastic about the chances of his boom two-year-old Bossdon City winning next month's Blue Diamond Stakes that he has valued the youngster at $600,000.

Cavanough is offering to sell a percentage of Bossdon City, who tackles Wednesday's Blue Diamond Preview at Caulfield after his impressive victory at Rosehill last Saturday week.

Cavanough said that while he had his sights on the $1 million Blue Diamond at Caulfield on February 26 the sale could provide an instant return for any investor.

Advertisement: Story continues below Bossdon City beat $1.87 million yearling Godspeed at Rosehill, however a final payment was overlooked for the Inglis Classic on Saturday at Rosehill.

''If someone has got $60,000 they can have 10 per cent of him before he races on Wednesday. He is a gelding, so the studs won't be interested in him but I have 40 per cent and would be happy to sell a bit of him,'' Cavanough said.

Bossdon City trialled impressively at Albury on Saturday morning.

''He has improved from that first run and the work just blew me away,'' Cavanough said.

''We might have missed out on the Inglis Classic but there is no use worrying about it now, we are looking forward to Wednesday and the Blue Diamond.

''A couple of the staff got on the computer on Saturday night and took the $12 each-way in the Blue Diamond after his gallop on Saturday morning. He's as fast as any horse I have had but there is a big difference with him to other fast ones I've had in that he's completely sound.

''He's also a serious horse, he doesn't waste energy and he goes out and does his work.''

With Bossdon City not at Rosehill on Saturday, Patinack Farm-owned filly Pane In The Glass made a one-act affair of the Inglis Classic, winning by 5¾ lengths and is now $4.60 favourite for the Blue Diamond.

Another of the Patinack team, Boys On Tour, who is on the third line of betting for the Blue Diamond at $12, is expected to be the main danger for the Albury juvenile on Wednesday.

Cavanough said all he wanted was a good barrier, so that Bossdon City can race on the speed. He also warned rival trainers that their two-year-olds will need to be at their very best.

''I keep hearing about these unraced ones that are pretty smart; they'd want to be pretty wound up because they are going to be meeting a real good one,'' he said.