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By Adam Hamilton\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jason Grimson is on the crest of a wave with his latest batch of Kiwi imports.<\/p>\n
Rakero Rocket, Captains Mistress and Tokyo Rose have all turned heads and looked feature race stars in the making in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
All three smashed the clock winning at Menangle last Saturday night.<\/p>\n
And Captains Mistress is $1.40 favourite to make it two wins from as many starts for the stable in the New Years Gift final (1609m) at Menangle this Saturday night.<\/p>\n
It follows her sparkling debut win for Grimson when she paced a 1min50sec mile to win by 18.6m.<\/p>\n
Remarkably, her 25.3sec last quarter was the equal fastest ever run at Menangle.<\/p>\n
Tokyo Rose made it two wins for Grimson with a 1min49.4sec mile last week, but went even quicker at 1min48.7sec on debut for the barn a week earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cTokyo Rose has surprised a few, but not Cam (Hart) and I,\u201d Grimson told SENTrack radio. \u201cWe\u2019ve loved her since she got here.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs good as Tokyo Rose is, Captains Mistress is outstanding and I think she can be a rare mare to win the Chariots Of Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Only three mares have won the Chariots Of Fire since it was first run in 1996. They are: Innocent Eyes (2006), Oaxaca Lass (2003) and Lombo Rapida (2000).<\/p>\n
Grimson said one of Tokyo Rose or Captains Mistress would accompany his champion stayer Swayzee to Victoria next week.<\/p>\n
Swayzee will cap his preparation as a $1.04 favourite in a 2300m free-for-all at Menangle on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
He is likely to back-up a week later against Leap To Fame and maybe New Zealand Cup champion Kingman in the $100,000 Group 2 Ballarat Cup.<\/p>\n
Whichever mare Grimson takes south will clash with champion mare Eye Keep Smiling in the $50,000 Group 3 Make Mine Cullen on the same night.<\/p>\n
The other mares\u2019 features during Victoria\u2019s Summer of Glory are the $50,000 Group 3 Angelique at Cranbourne on January 30 and the $150,000 Group 1 Queen of the Pacific at Melton on February 14.<\/p>\n
But Grimson said Rakero Rocket was likely to stay in NSW.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t totally ruled out the Hunter Cup, but he looks such a good Miracle Mile horse that\u2019s our main aim,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Rakero Rocket blazed to a 1min47.3sec mile win at Menangle last Saturday night.<\/p>\n
It was second only to My Field Marshal\u2019s 1min46.9sec in the 2018 Miracle Mile as the fastest mile in Australasian history.<\/p>\n
\u201cCam and I love him,\u201d Grimson said. \u201cHe got a bit crook when he first came over, but he\u2019s showing why we like him so much now.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not just a leader, he\u2019ll be explosive off a sit, too. He\u2019s versatile.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond the Miracle Mile, Grimson said he would almost certainly have a runner in the Race by betcha.<\/p>\n
“The owners of Rakero Rocket have a slot, but whether he goes or Swayzee, I’m just not sure,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I’m also talking to the Perth people about their slot race. I doubt I’d take Swayzee back there, so maybe that’s an option for Rakero Rocket.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Adam Hamilton\u00a0 Jason Grimson is on the crest of a wave with his latest batch of Kiwi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-233088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}