Rising Sun then IDs possible for Captains Mistress

By Adam Hamilton 

The rematch could be on.

Trainer Jason Grimson has opened the door for brilliant young mare Captains Mistress to clash for the second time with the great Leap To Fame in the $1 million Brisbane Inter Dominion final.

Speaking on SEN’s Giddy Up with Gareth show, trainer Jason Grimson dropped a couple of exciting revelations about Captains Mistress.

“I’ve just trialled her from a standing-start and she handled it well, so she might go to the (Group 2) Redcliffe (Gold) Cup, as long as she doesn’t get a 30m handicap or something like that. The timing works,” he said.

The $106,070 Redcliffe Gold Cup is on June 20, two weeks ahead of the $350,000 Group 1 Rising Sun, which Captains Mistress is a $1.40 pre-post favourite to win, with Kiwi stars Marketplace and Jumal at $4 and $4.50.

The Rising Sun winner On July 4 gets a golden ticket into the $1 million Inter Dominion final on July 18.

“Yeah, as long as you run in the four-year-old race the week after (July 11), then you get into the Inter Dominion,” Grimson said.

“I wouldn’t hesitate starting her (in the Inter Dominion final) if she’s going the way she is now.

“The (longer) distance won’t worry her because she conserves her energy so much and relaxes so well. She’s the real deal.”

Grimson expects stable driver Cam Hart to drive Captains Mistress when she next clashes with champion stablemate Swayzee.

“I think Cam would jump off (Swayzee). She’s honestly a freak this mare.”

Captains Mistress ran a luckless fifth to Leap To Fame in the Miracle Mile on March 14 at their only clash.

Swayzee is back home after a winless four-race NZ raid.

Grimson said there may have been excuses for his latest well beaten third to younger Kiwi stars Got The Chocolates and The Lazarus Effect at Alexandra Park last Friday week.

“He didn’t pull-up well. He was blowing way harder than normal and had a slow recovery. He wasn’t 100 per cent after the race,” he said.

“He seems brighter now he’s back home. We’ll see how he is over the next couple of weeks, but he should be ready for Queensland.”