Hayes has promising pair of three-year-olds

Wed 8 Sep

David Hayes produced a couple of promising three-year-olds, Legalistic and Maraaseem, to win at Sandown and both of them are being aimed at Group One races this spring.

Legalistic, by Encosta De Lago, bounced out of the barriers to lead all the way in Wednesday's Vite Cheval Hcp (1200m) while Redoute's Choice filly Maraaseem ran on strongly to win the AR Blackwood Hcp (1400m).

Legalistic is among the first declarations for the $1 million Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 9 while Maraaseem is still in the Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield four days later.

"He's (Legalistic) been gelded since his last preparation and that could be the key to the horse as he was quite colty as a two-year-old," Hayes' nephew and assistant trainer Tom Dabernig said.

"He's a bit more even tempered now."

As a juvenile Legalistic finished eighth in the Blue Diamond Stakes and sixth in the AJC Sires' Produce Stakes.

"He's a tough and sound horse and he has some good attributes, so we'll certainly consider the Guineas Prelude," Dabernig said.

"He likes the wet and is bred to being by Encosta De Lago out of a Snippets mare, so I hope he's not just a wet tracker." - aap

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