Sensational Move for War Zone Sprint

Blessed with good mid-race pace and a kind draw at post-position 10, keeping him out of the scramble at the half-mile bend, SENSATIONAL MOVE should be picking off rivals at will swinging into the lane of Saturday's War Zone Sprint before hitting overdrive with Dane Dawkins.

SENSATIONAL MOVE returns quickly to the trenches of the front line after his brave fourth-place finish behind impressive CAPTAIN CALICO at seven furlongs on Mouttet Mile Day last Saturday.

Going a furlong and a half shorter in the War Zone, Gary Subratie has summoned champion Dawkins to replace Rudolph Paige aboard SENSATIONAL MOVE, one of only two runners in the event with three wins under their girths, the other being MILOS, who won a four-furlong straight race the second time out as a two-year-old.

Though he appears to be in a tough spot against legitimate sprinters, going five and a half furlongs, SENSATIONAL MOVE will benefit from the cheap speed of VOLATILITY, BAZINGA and LADY ABHIMALA, who will all be making their bids on the lead.

Having chased CAPTAIN CALICO from the furlong pole to the wire, SENSATIONAL MOVE's vast improvement with the tongue tie for a second consecutive race must be noted. Sitting level at 123lb with CAPTAIN CALICO, who was ridden by a jockey of world-renown, highlights SENSATIONAL MOVE's effort with sparingly used Paige.

Runners-up RHYTHM BUZZ and NORBLAR were both beneficiaries of SENSATIONAL MOVE's stretch bid, which almost brought him heads-on with CAPTAIN CALICO approaching the final half-furlong before Frenchman Julien Leparoux went into his reserves to fend off rivals, winning by three-quarter length.

Rewarded for his stunning 62-1 upset aboard the Sensational Slam-Money Move colt at six and a half furlongs, Paige gave it his best shot, swinging four-wide into the lane in chase of St Leger third-place PRINCESS SHARON, making her bid at CAPTAIN CALICO as NORBLAR sought a rail run coming off the turn.

Similar to his November 11 stunner, SENSATIONAL MOVE ran past PRINCESS SHARON, mounting a last-furlong challenge at CAPTAIN CALICO, briefly giving Paige hopes of out-finishing multiple Breeders' Cup-winning Leparoux.

However, the Frenchman had an ace or two up his sleeve, rousing CAPTAIN CALICO to fend off SENSATIONAL MOVE and NORBLAR, both relegated at the wire by RHYTHM BUZZ, who was switched wide for a late run.

CAPTAIN CALICO's victory was solid, franking his October 21 victory over Canadian ATLANTIC CONVOY and avenging his unfortunate November 11 third-place finish behind SENSATIONAL MOVE and PRINCESS SHARON.

The chestnut colt made every yard of the running in strong splits, the first five furlongs in 59.0, correcting his previous effort when he had reared at the off on November 11.