Mnementh chasing Flemington straight success
Mitchell Beer is looking forward to returning to Melbourne this weekend, bringing Mnementh for the Listed Santa Ana Lane Sprint Series Final (1200m) at Flemington.
“Flemington’s just a special place, especially for someone who grew up in Melbourne, so to have the thought of having a good chance there in any race, especially a stakes race, it’s bloody exciting,” the trainer told Racing.com.
Beer chose Flemington’s main winter fixture on Saturday over a trip to Brisbane, where Mnementh had been nominated for the Group 3 WJ Healy Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
“That race was always in the back of my mind but just Eagle Farm, if they don’t get the rain, it’s a pretty firm sort of surface up there,” Beer explained.
“Flemington drains pretty well but with that Melbourne weather, I just think we’re a big chance of getting a softer track down the straight.
“I feel silly for saying it, he just seems to get better and better. He’s eight in a month, but his last run’s his best run, so you can only go off that.
“He’s just in terrific form and if we do get a bit of rain next Saturday, well, that will only elevate his chances.”