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“If I didn’t think it was possible we wouldn’t go there, but I’m keen to have a crack at it.”<\/p>\n
Berkeley Square, who returned to racing at Flemington over 2000m on 17 January, is scheduled to run the VOBIS Gold Heath (2000m) at Caulfield this Saturday and will likely back-up over 2500m at Flemington seven days later.<\/p>\n
O’Sullivan said Berkeley Square had thrived in the aftermath of his second Ballarat Cup win.<\/p>\n
“He wouldn’t have had long to spell to bring him back for the autumn, so we decided to keep going with him,” he said.<\/p>\n
“He’s thriving in the stable life. He’ll have a crack at Adelaide and then have a good break.<\/p>\n
“He pulled up great from the Ballarat Cup. Everything went good for him that day; he had a good run in the race and the track conditions suited him.<\/p>\n
“For a win like that, it was quite easy for him, so he’s come through it well.”<\/p>\n
A crack at the Adelaide Cup would be especially sentimental for astute and successful South Australian thoroughbred owner and breeder David Peacock.<\/p>\n
“He’s a bit old and fragile these days and doesn’t leave home much, but he’s never seen this horse race live,” O’Sullivan said.<\/p>\n
“It will be good to take this horse back home for David.<\/p>\n
“That’s my main reason for wanting to go there.<\/p>\n
“He was on the committee and chairman of the SAJC (South Australian Jockey Club) committee, so it will be a big deal for him if we could pull off an Adelaide Cup.”<\/p>\n
A winner of nine of 37 starts, including four at either Group or Listed level, and placed on nine occasions, Berkeley Square has amassed just over $2 million in stake earnings.<\/p>\n
Sentiment aside, his biggest career win was in the Group 2 Vase as a three-year-old at Moonee Valley in 2022.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on back-to-back Ballarat Cup wins, two months on the day still holds plenty of fond memories for O’Sullivan.<\/p>\n
“It’s a big thing, and being a local horse makes it that little bit more exciting,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The local people get around the occasion and enjoy it, which makes it great.<\/p>\n
“I probably enjoyed this one a bit more \u2013 it was a little bit of a challenge to get there again.<\/p>\n
“I enjoyed it, but you are always back at work the next day and looking at what’s ahead of you.<\/p>\n
“One day we’ll sit back and reflect on what a big achievement it has been.”<\/p>\n
O’Sullivan is at this stage anticipating on flying solo in Adelaide with Berkeley Square, with no other runners expected to make the trip across the border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BALLARAT trainer Dan O’Sullivan is eyeing a second Adelaide Cup win in early March, with his dual Ballarat Cup winner Berkeley Square on track for a tilt at one of South Australia’s most prestigious races. The six-year-old gelding, who made it back-to-back Ballarat Cup wins in December with a stirring triumph in the 2000m Listed […]<\/p>\n