Bulli Maiden Winner Saved For Another Day

BLISTERING maiden winner Milakai will be scratched from a red hot Bulli fifth grade event this Saturday night.

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The hugely talented son of Barcia Bale and Mumza Pearl set tongues wagging at the south coast circuit last Saturday night, scoring on debut in a sizzling 26.06 for the 472 metres.

And punters didn't forget to back him either, an avalanche of money for the royally bred first starter seeing him eventually assume race favouritism.

But any hopes of another victory this weekend were dashed on Tuesday when the fields were released.

"I couldn't possibly crucify him in a race like that at his second start," said owner-trainer Greg Remfry.

"It's a fifth grade but reads like a group race. I was thinking about giving him the week off but with all the uncertainty around I thought I'd get another run in, but this has made up my mind now."

The event, race 10 of the night, is headlined by powerhouse gallopers Nangar Rust and Here Comes Joe, while the immensely talented Brown Sphere is slated for his racetrack return.

Unison, winner of his two most recent outings in electrifying times is also set to line-up, as is Sin Rap Boom, unbeaten in three previous Bulli appearances.

But while Milakai's next start will be saved for another day, Remfry is confident that the prodigious talent has all the makings to reach greater heights.

"Peter Stanford bred him and broke him in with very good reports," Remfry added.

The exciting youngster was being prepared for a tilt at the Group 3 Magic Maiden at Wentworth Park which was due to get underway last week before the COVID-19 crisis took hold.

That resulted in a change of tact with Milakai, Remfry electing to head to Bulli to trial before debuting on Saturday night.

"He went 26.23 on trial morning so there was no surprise that there was that money for him," Remfry added.

On the same morning Milakai went 26.23, Aston Excalibur, early favourite for Saturday night's maiden on the strength of some sublime Wentworth Park trials, stopped the clock in 26.53.

"The thing I like about Milakai is that he's got it at both ends – and he's nowhere near his peak yet," Remfry said.

"I owned a dog called Benteke a few years back from the same family and I don't think he could have run what this dog did on Saturday night.”