Prix De Turn seeking Cup berth

Trainer Matthew Brown is seeking a Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) berth with his talented galloped Prix De Turn when he lines-up in the Gr.3 Coongy Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Wednesday.

The Turn Me Loose entire gave Brown his biggest win in his career when he won the Gr.2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) in March, is 27th in order of entry for the Caulfield Cup and the only way he could gain a run is by winning the Coongy Cup, which carries an exemption from the ballot for the winner.

“He’s obviously got to be pretty good on Wednesday but we want to give him his chance. Hopefully it’s on a firm deck but it looks as if that will be touch and go though,” Brown told Racing.com.

“We’d like to see him get his chance to see where he stands.”

Brown sent Prix De Turn for a spell after he won the Alister Clark Stakes with the plan to target spring features.

He has had three runs this time in and has had to contend with wet tracks each time.

Prix De Turn finished fourth at Moonee Valley in two starts over 1600 metres to begin his campaign before he finished seventh of eight runners in the Gr.3 JRA Cup (2040m).

“It’s been a bit of a disaster. The best track of the lot was first-up and he got caught up in behind them and just followed them around,” he said.

Brown said if Prix De Turn didn’t win the Coongy Cup but still ran a great race they would consider paying the acceptance fee for the Caulfield Cup if there was a chance he could get into the race.

“While there’s not many imports this year we thought we’d have a crack. He’s going to be better as a five-year-old but we’re trying to see whether he can shape up," Brown said.