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A staggering 81 weeks since his last run is not about to stop a Godolphin four-year-old returning with a bang at Monday’s holiday Canterbury meeting.
Mural Crown, naturally a still lightly raced four-year-old by versatile Group 1 champion Epaulette, hasn’t started since finishing just behind the placegetters in a BM 64 Handicap at the Kensington track on October 4, 2023.
Racing returns to Canterbury on Monday.Credit: Jenny Evans
He had fallen foul of stewards in March that year and handed a general suspension, but finally debuted at Canterbury in style late July, sweeping over the top to beat such handy gallopers as Magic and raging favourite at the time Les Vampires, which soon after won a Saturday BM 88 Handicap at Rosehill.
But Mural Crown then suffered a bleeding attack through winter, which naturally brought an automatic suspension.
He returned at Hawkesbury in mid-September 2023, and was stiff not to win, flooding home late into a place in a BM 64 Handicap before that season-ending run on the Kensington track in similar company.
Then came what seemed endless setbacks until last month when Mural Crown finally stepped back into the trials with a sound effort at Hawkesbury.
He was then given a quieter time on the synthetic at Warwick farm, convincing connections his long-awaited return had been reached.
With 3kg-claiming apprentice Ben Osmand booked to ride, Mural Crown opened about $4.50 in early betting for another BM 64 tilt over 1100m behind resuming three-year-old Apex around $2.30, with another talented first-up runner Cassiel on the third line at $6.50.
Mural Crown could well be part of a big day for the blue jackets of Godolphin.
A staggering 81 weeks since his last run is not about to stop a Godolphin four-year-old returning with a bang at Monday’s holiday Canterbury meeting.
Mural Crown, naturally a still lightly raced four-year-old by versatile Group 1 champion Epaulette, hasn’t started since finishing just behind the placegetters in a BM 64 Handicap at the Kensington track on October 4, 2023.
Racing returns to Canterbury on Monday.Credit: Jenny Evans
He had fallen foul of stewards in March that year and handed a general suspension, but finally debuted at Canterbury in style late July, sweeping over the top to beat such handy gallopers as Magic and raging favourite at the time Les Vampires, which soon after won a Saturday BM 88 Handicap at Rosehill.
But Mural Crown then suffered a bleeding attack through winter, which naturally brought an automatic suspension.
He returned at Hawkesbury in mid-September 2023, and was stiff not to win, flooding home late into a place in a BM 64 Handicap before that season-ending run on the Kensington track in similar company.
Then came what seemed endless setbacks until last month when Mural Crown finally stepped back into the trials with a sound effort at Hawkesbury.
He was then given a quieter time on the synthetic at Warwick farm, convincing connections his long-awaited return had been reached.
With 3kg-claiming apprentice Ben Osmand booked to ride, Mural Crown opened about $4.50 in early betting for another BM 64 tilt over 1100m behind resuming three-year-old Apex around $2.30, with another talented first-up runner Cassiel on the third line at $6.50.
Mural Crown could well be part of a big day for the blue jackets of Godolphin.
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