Gai Waterhouse will spell boom colt Vancouver, with the Golden Slipper winner failing to return to the track with the same brilliance he showed as the dominant two-year old.
Gai Waterhouse informed Racing NSW stewards this morning of the move to spell the colt.
Vancouver was beaten in the San Domenico Stakes and looked well short of this best in that run.
Waterhouse insisted he was in good order and was just looking for more ground. He then trialled at Randwick in a jump-out described as ‘plain’. A change of plans meant he would miss the Golden Rose for the Caulfield Guineas, but instead, has been sent out to the paddock to spell.
Vancouver, owned by Coolmore and the China Horse Club, remains a hot stud prospect.
However, he will have missed the spring breeding barn season in the southern hemisphere, and is therefore likely to return for autumn racing, including the lucrative Championships in Sydney.
In more bad news for top level racing, First Seal’s spring campaign is over before it started, with a recurring foot problem forcing her to miss the spring after she was already pulled from her first two scheduled starts.
The mare had been the second favourite for the next month’s Epsom Handicap.
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