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Crossedem’s debut victory might stir interest in the three-year-old.
“He’s a nice horse and on the market, but no-one wants him,” said trainer Stephen Marsh, who prepares the three-year-old for the Smithies family of Monovale Farm. “We might be able to move him on after this.”
Crossedem’s victory in the Avondale Maiden (1200m) came at the expense of his stablemate, Volpe Veloce’s brother Raposa Rapida.
“He was four and five wide, he just had no luck and he’s a winner waiting to happen,” Marsh said.
The stable also produced first-starter Seduttore to win the previous event, the AJC Members’ Maiden (1200m).
“He’s been very good at the trials and we expected him to get going a lot earlier, but he is a duffer on the wet tracks,” Marsh said. “We originally thought he could have been a Hawke’s Bay Guineas horse, but we couldn’t get him ready. We’ve been waiting for a good track.
“I’ve got a great team of owners. Chris Rutten gave me the horse and [Valachi Downs General Manager] Jonathan Scully syndicated him among his friends. I’m just rapt to get a quality colt like this and he’s going to go through the grades.”