One of Aegon's potential issues as he steps up to weight-for-age racing could help him in his A$1 million target in Melbourne on Saturday.
The Cambridge superstar makes his weight-for-age debut in the Memsie Stakes over 1400m, meeting a strong but not scary Group 1 field including former New Zealand mare Tofane.
Aegon, who took New Zealand's three-year-old scene by storm last summer, crossed the Tasman yesterday with stablemate The Chosen One and are stabled at the usual Flemington base of their trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman.
The stable were unable to send their own staff so co-trainer and part-owner of Aegon, Andrew Forsman, says they are thrilled to be able to secure the services of Waikato horseman Sam McLeod, who now live in Victoria, to look after their horses.
"That is a real bonus, being able to get somebody like Sam to look after the horses and work for us while they are there," said Forsman.