{"id":295382,"date":"2025-07-27T08:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295382\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:03:11","slug":"trainer-eyes-kempsey-treble-to-finish-season-with-flourish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295382\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainer eyes Kempsey treble to finish season with flourish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of NSW\u2019s top country stables is eying off a potential treble at Monday\u2019s Kempsey meeting that could kick-start a big finish to the current season.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Friday\u2019s new season feature Coffs Harbour Cup meeting, where he will likely have a big team on show, Matthew Dunn has pinpointed some very winnable races at Kempsey \u2013 especially late on the program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trainer Matthew Dunn.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/816d660389977989025985fc1953ed597c05c51f.jpeg\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trainer Matthew Dunn.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>But he will look to strike earlier in a maiden plate over 1250m with an emerging filly by Cox Plate runner-up Castelvecchio.<\/p>\n<p>Torque Ti Amo caught the eye when hitting the line hard to beat all bar the winner first-up at Grafton in only her second start, more than nine months after making a solid debut.<\/p>\n<p>A lengthy break broken by two pairs of trials has the filly primed to make a big statement, despite drawing the outside barrier.<\/p>\n<p>Then one of Dunn\u2019s better chances all day arrives in a benchmark 58 handicap over 1000m.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive and sparingly-raced four-year-old Written Fame is well-placed to capture a fourth career win second-up, having finished close-up in a tougher class 3 at Grafton three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>And in the penultimate race \u2013 a class 1 handicap over 1250m \u2013 ultra-honest four-year-old Champonnet will be out to grab a second win from four starts this preparation since switching to the Dunn camp on the Far North Coast from Annabel Neasham\u2019s Qld training base earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the start of a big week of country racing, with Dunn confident he can also snatch the $150,000 Coffs Cup on Friday \u2013 a Big Dance Qualifier \u2013 with progressive five-year-old Cranky Harry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of NSW\u2019s top country stables is eying off a potential treble at Monday\u2019s Kempsey meeting that could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-295382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114924159332995740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}