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Co-trainer Sam Freedman sees little similarities with last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare in Warning’s build-up to his big spring assignments.
Warning and Vow And Declare are both sons of the Declaration Of War and both relish the wide-open spaces of the Flemington circuit.
Vow And Declare burst into Caulfield and Melbourne Cup calculations with a solid first-up fourth in the Turnbull Stakes before going to new heights with a second in the Caulfield Cup before his Melbourne Cup win.
Warning ran in the Makybe Diva Stakes first-up but his Cups preparation started to gather momentum when he finished a length from Verry Elleegant in the Turnbull Stakes on October 3.
Drawing a terrible barrier hasn’t helped Warning’s Caulfield Cup chances but Freedman said last year’s Victoria Derby winner has returned in career-best condition.
Freedman said Warning, who is a $26 chance with TAB, had the ability to cause an upset in the Caulfield Cup but said the circuit was a query for the gelding.