Exciting new acquisition, Stuck With You is set to make his debut in the OTI silks at Doomben on Wednesday afternoon in a 1600m Benchmark 75 (Race 5- 3:25 pm local time; or 4:25 pm AEDT).
The progressive New Zealand bred gelding has remained with trainer Matthew Dunn who has already achieved four wins from just ten starts in the five-year-old’s short racing career.
The winning partnership of Jim Byrne and Stuck With You will continue as he pilots the gelding again after winning on him at Ipswich back in December 2020, over 1350m and again in his last start at Eagle Farm on 25th February 2021 over 1845m. Both wins demonstrated Stuck With You’s versatility and staying ability.
OTI General Manager Shayne Driscoll said the team is looking forward to watching the promising gelding step out in the navy and gold silks so soon after acquiring him
“Stuck With You came highly recommended by his trainer Matt Dunn and our New Zealand bloodstock agent, Phill Cataldo, so we jumped at the chance to get involved with such an exciting prospect.”
“We looked at starting him in a race the other day; however, we decided to hold off as this race looked to be the best race for him being over the mile and allowed a bit of time for the ground to firm up after the excessive rain they received up in Queensland.”
Having won his past two starts by a combined margin of 3.6 lengths, we are expecting the lightly raced prospect to continue to progress as a stayer, and we are eager to see him race for OTI on Wednesday.
Stuck With You boasts a proven record and comes from a staying family being by Roc De Cambes, the sire of our 2018 Group 1 New Zealand Derby winner, Vin De Dance.
Good luck to all of the connections!