Freaky trackwork leads to Group success

“FREAKY” was the operative word in Aaron Dunn’s post-race interview after Bondi Lockdown won a classic VHRC Caduceus Victoria Sires Classic last night.

Despite enduring a tough run after a failed attempt for the lead, Dunn’s charge prevailed in an epic battle between three-year-olds at Bendigo’s Lord’s Raceway.

The son of Somebeachsomewhere, which drew wide on the back row, just held out a fast-finishing Better Eclipse, with Tuppence running third.

So competitive was the race, just five-and-a-half metres covered the first six across the line.

“His trackwork since his last win at Ballarat was really freaky, so that sort of gave me the confidence to have a crack for the front,” Dunn said.

Dunn, who owns, drives and trains the colt, is full steam ahead to key races such as the Victoria Derby in October and Alabar Vicbred Super Series later in the year.

“I’ll probably just not race him as much from now until the Derby, but maybe keep him in. I’ll just have to have a think about it,” Dunn said.

“I think those few runs, it gets him at his best, so that’s where it might be better to keep him rolling without taxing him too much.

“But like I said, he does freaky things… He just runs freaky times then pulls up good.”

Bondi Lockdown is already a Group Onewinner, having taken out the VHRC Caduceus Classic in January, and builds on a record that stands at seven wins and seven placings from 19 starts.

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