Home Of The Brave All Set For Australian Debut
Godolphin's high-class English sprinter Home Of The Brave makes his Australian debut in the Gr.3 Aurie’s Star Handicap, this Saturday.
The son of the outstanding Australian sprinter Starspangledbanner, himself a Flemington Group One winner, won six races in England, all on straight tracks and five of them at Stakes level. The Flemington straight track that should be well within his capabilities on his form in the UK where he was trained by Hugo Palmer.
Prior to being purchased by Godolphin, he was also first past the post in the G3 Minstrel Stakes, again on a straight course at The Curragh, only to be disqualified.
For new trainer James Cummings Home Of The Brave is bidding to become his second import to win first up in Australia in successive weeks, following the success of Avilius at Randwick.
A seven-year-old by southern-hemisphere time, Home Of The Brave was originally purchased as a yearling in France by an Australian syndicate that included Victorian trainer Troy Corstens, who with his father trained Starspangled banner, and prominent owner David Moodie.
He had his first start in the Godolphin royal blue when winning the G3 John Of Gaunt Stakes at Haydock in May, 2016 with his most recent outing coming in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar in November 2017.
Godolphin’s Australian stable also has bright prospects in Saturday’s only other Australian Stakes race thanks to the consistent three-year-old Plague Stone who runs in the Listed The Rosebud at Rosehill.
Credit: Godolphin News