Dual Kilmore Cup winner to trial at Bendigo

16 November 2012 - Dual Kilmore Cup winner Bitobliss will trial at Lord’s Raceway, Bendigo on Sunday morning. Bitobliss will start in the sixth of 10 trials and with no other fast class horses nominated, he will be up against five lesser opponents. But trainer Scott Stewart said today that those trainers that have horses up against him in the trial need not be concerned. “We definitely won’t be out to break any records on Sunday, I just want to take him for a trip away from home,” Stewart said.  The trial, the sixth of 10 trials during the morning is scheduled to be run at approximately 10:00AM.     Stewart confirmed that the next race target for Bitobliss will be next week’s $50,000 Group 2 The Legends over the 1720 metre sprint at Melton, the same race that he clocked 1:53.2 to win last year. “He won The Legends last year so I won’t be changing the plan.” Stewart said. The versatile six-year-old Blissful Hall/Petite Alto entire, which has picked up top three prizemoney cheques at 25 of 28 starts including 17 wins, will then likely follow the same path as he did in 2011, racing in the Popular Alm Free For All at Melton, 30 November, a $30,000 Group 3 before the $400,000 Group 1 SEW Eurodrive Victoria Cup, 15 December.  Bitobliss made it back to back victories in the time honoured (Group 2) $70,000 Kilmore Pacing Cup over 3150 metres, late October and Sunday’s trial will be his first public appearance since that win.  Bred and raced by Don Stewart the father of winning trainer/driver Scott, Bitobliss defeated this week’s NZ Cup competitor Caribbean Blaster in a dour staying test to take out the Kilmore Cup by a metre in a rate of 2-01.3 (last half 56 – quarter 27.6). Mach Alert finished third. Formerly from Kilmore where Scott worked with the Knight stable for a number of years, the Stewart family are now based at Congupna in the Goulburn Valley. - David Aldred
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