Group 2 winner Spacewalk is set to give Melbourne Cup winning syndicator Australian Bloodstock a presence in Perth, after he was purchased online last week.
Australian Bloodstock purchased the former Godolphin galloper for $180,000 in Inglis’ July online sale.
He’s set to make his way to Grant and Alana Williams’ Karnup stable in the coming weeks, ahead of a tilt at The Pinnacles carnival later this year.
Australian Bloodstock’s Jamie Lovett said he was pleased to be able to find the right horse to send to Western Australia.
“We’ve been sourcing tried horses for a while for Western Australia,” Lovett told TABradio.
“We have a couple of good owners in Western Australia.
“He profiles like a horse where a few gear changes might help him.
“He’s still got plenty of racing upside.”
Spacewalk scored the biggest win of his career in the Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes (1200m) during the 2023 Melbourne Cup carnival.
He was also a winner of the Listed Bob Charley Stakes (1100m) in 2023 and has been placed at blacktype level on a further 11 occasions.
His latest campaign saw him finish third in the Listed Ascot Handicap (1000m) and Takeover Target Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm and Gosford respectively.
The five-year-old was beaten less than two lengths at his previous start in last month’s Group 2 Moreton Cup (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
Lovett said Spacewalk only needed to hold his form to be competitive in Perth.
“It’s quite easy to draw a line that if they run to a mark, that will more than see them competitive over there,” he said.
“If he drops into those Group 2 or Group 3 races in in the West, he’d be more than competitive if he were to hold the form that he’s shown here on the East Coast.
“The horse looks fantastic.
“We just want to give him a little freshen and tick him over.”
Lovett indicated he was hoping Australian Bloodstock’s footprint would expand in the West and would be open to having runners with multiple trainers.
Tim Walker
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