Smart Schwarz needs to confirm talent with Guineas win

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Rosemont Alliance brag Anthony Mithen has had to larn to beryllium diligent with Schwarz but admits Saturday’s Hawkesbury Guineas is the astir important contention of the colt’s career.

Rosemont paid $1.25 cardinal for Schwarz arsenic a yearling with scope to capable retired into his assemblage and yet beryllium a stallion.

Schwarz is successful afloat formation arsenic helium wins the Amanda Elliott during the Flemington carnival past spring.

“He had a fewer problems arsenic a two-year-old and our team, and John O’Shea’s team, took the clip to enactment it retired and get him right, truthful we had to hold for him to beryllium acceptable arsenic a three-year-old,” Mithen said.

“We person ever known the endowment was there, and helium won a stakes contention astatine Flemington successful Cup week. When you person to hold similar that it tin assistance expectations, but I deliberation helium tin unrecorded up to them.

“He was truthful unlucky successful the Arrowfield Sprint, which we had targeted, which was frustrating, but helium looks an perfect Stradbroke horse, but to get to Queensland helium has to beryllium winning connected Saturday.

“It is an important contention for him, conscionable to corroborate what we deliberation astir him. He has the bully gully and a triumph would spot him connected his mode to Queensland.”

Schwarz went to the enactment untested successful sixth successful the Arrowfield Sprint aft being held up connected the fence, and shrewd punters person backed him from $4.60 into $3.10 favourite for Saturday’s radical 3.

“We didn’t find thing retired past time,” trainer John O’Shea said. “I’m beauteous definite helium won’t beryllium connected the obstruction connected Saturday due to the fact that James [McDonald] knows what was near successful the tank.

“He is precise astute but helium needs to commencement winning these races.”

The Rosemont Alliance is lone successful its 3rd racing play and has recovered a fig of stakes winners, but the Brisbane carnival could beryllium wherever they get the eventual prize of a radical 1.

The stallion syndicate names their horses aft AFL stars. Four-year-old Doull, which was a $1.2 cardinal yearling, volition tally successful the Gold Rush astatine Hawkesbury connected Saturday and volition beryllium their archetypal stallion to spell stud.

“He is already a radical 2 victor from the Caulfield Sprint successful the spring, which was his past start,” Mithen said.

“He volition basal astatine Rosemont this year, but we would similar to get him into the Doomben 10,000, truthful Saturday is important for him arsenic well.

“Schwarz is the prima of the 2nd year, and we’re hoping helium tin measurement up into the Stradbroke. And we person Bosustow, which is going up for the JJ Atkins. He has tally 2nd to Linebacker successful a maiden and 3rd to Traffic Warden successful the VRC Sires, truthful helium has signifier astir the radical 1 horses.

“We are going beauteous good for lone buying astir a twelve horses a year, but we conscionable request that radical 1 now.”

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