The owners of Parchment Party are determined to send the star American stayer to November’s Melbourne Cup after his win in the Birdstone Stakes at Saratoga on Wednesday.
Already qualified ballot-free for the Flemington feature thanks to his earlier win in the Belmont Gold Cup, the Bill Mott-trained entire is set to become the first American-trained runner of the Melbourne Cup.
"It's our plan," owner Dana Bernhard of Pin Oak Stud told the Saratoga Live broadcast
The latest victory over 2800 metres on a dirt track will now see Parchment Party head to England for quarantine before coming to Australia for the spring.
"We're leaning in that direction. We're trying to make all the early plans that we need to make,” Mott said.
