20 September 2024 | Ashleigh Paikos
Aiden De Campo heads to Bunbury tomorrow night for the Battle Of Bunbury with two live hopes in the $35,0000 feature for the three-year-olds.
With Ideal Muscle drawing barrier two and Menemsha on the second row in barrier eight, De Campo has taken the drive on board Ideal Muscle with hopes of leading from start to stop with the son of American Ideal USA.
“Hopefully Ideal Muscle can lead and on his best form, run quick times in front, so hopefully he can run something like that again and go pretty close, and if he cops pressure, well Menemsha’s a really good chance.”
Menemsha who hasn’t raced since August 16 when he fibrillated and finished 454m behind the field has since trialled at Pinjarra on September 11, winning convincingly by a 21.3m margin over the 2185m trip in 1:57:2.
“That was disappointing, but he seems to be back on track, his trial was good, and I think I have him close to back to his best, so hopefully he shows that tomorrow night.”
When asked who his better prospect was of the two, De Campo was reluctant to split the pair, with both geldings possessing plenty of ability.
“I would say Menemsha is a little bit better, a bit more well-rounded horse, but on the barrier draw, I can’t really split them from the draws,
“Ideal Muscle is probably going to lead, and Menemsha is going to need some luck.”
The Field:
- WORLDS ABOVE Peter Anderson Trent Wheeler L6 (H$16378.80) FR1
- IDEAL MUSCLE Aiden De Campo Aiden De Campo L6 (H$14625.00) FR2
- MAXIMUM ROCK Chris Voak Chris Voak L4 (H$7875.00) FR3
- HOT ROCKEFELLER Frank Bonnett Donald Harper L3 (H$3375.00) FR4
- FRANCO ENCORE NZ Ryan Bell Kyle Symington (C) L6 (H$14625.00) FR5
- ARTFUL MAJOR Justin Prentice Gary Hall Jnr L6 (H$14625.00) FR6
- CABERNEIGH Barry Howlett Emily Suvaljko L5 (H$10125.00) FR7 Second Row
- MENEMSHA Aiden De Campo Ryan Warwick L6 (H$12375.00) SR1
- IM LIGHTNING BANNER NZ Dylan Egerton-Green Dylan Egerton-Green L6 (H$13500.00) SR2
- ROX THE WORLD Peter Anderson Aldo Cortopassi L4 (H$6747.75) SR3
- PETES HONOUR Jemma Hayman Chris Lewis L3 (H$5249.75) SR4
- DARK EYES Mike Reed Shannon Suvaljko L6 (H$18000.00) SR5
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