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Symon Wilde is daring to dream with Tralee Rose this spring. The Warrnambool trainer has nominated the daughter of Tavistock for both the Gr1 Caulfield (2400m) and Gr1 Melbourne Cups (3200m), and while he admits they are lofty targets, he doesn't want to die wondering with the mare he part-owns. "We are going to try and tailor a programme to get towards the Melbourne Cup and if we come up short there are plenty of other options for her," Wilde told SENtrack. "We are going to give it a real shot with her and who knows, she might be able to make that necessary improvement to have her in the mix in a race like the Bart Cummings (Gr3, 2500m)." Tralee Rose takes a strong formline into spring, having won five of her 11 starts, and placing in three others. Her career highlights came earlier this year when she won the Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington on New Year's Day and the Gr3 Lord Reims Stakes (2600m) at Morphettville a month later. "We are under no illusions - she beat off-season fields," Wilde conceded. "She did it well, but she does have to make that next step." Her first major assignment will likely be the Bart Cummings at Flemington in October, but she may have a few stakes runs in the lead-up, with Wilde noting, "The Heatherlie (Listed, 1700m) and Naturalism (Gr.3, 2000m) are the usual pathways into something like the Bart Cummings." Tralee Rose was purchased by Cameron Cooke Bloodstock for $50,000 out of the Cambridge Stud draft at the 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale.
