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Waller-trained gelding out secure another Group 1
Group 1 winner Kings Will Dream (Casamento) will likely have his final start in the Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 12.
Queensland-based Bill Anderson is one of a big team of owners for Kings Will Dream, who have stuck with the gelding through thick and thin, fighting back from a near life-ending injury sustained in the 2018 Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) to claim the Turnbull Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) in 2019.
After a successful return to the track, he is now set to wave goodbye in the upcoming Queensland Winter Racing Carnival, with the Stradbroke Handicap is likely to be his swansong on the racetrack.
As Anderson has often had to travel to Melbourne to watch his gun galloper go around, he is looking forward to watching Kings Will Dream in his home state.
"I would love to see him get one more win, but he is starting to get some knee troubles so instead of flogging him, we will look to retire him," Anderson said.
"If he had not gone through the injuries he did earlier on, there is no doubt he would have won a few more.
"We are pleased with him and finishing off like this in Queensland, this is a good way to send him into retirement."
