Warrnambool stayer Swacadelic earned a shot at the $150,000 Naturalism Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday week with his fourth placing in the MSC Signs Handicap (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Trainer Aaron Purcell said Swacadelic’s second-up run was an excellent effort.
“(Jockey) Ben (Melham) was over the moon with the run,” Purcell said. “He came home strongly and the 2000 metres of the Naturalism should really suit him. 
“He’s borderline to get a run in the Caulfield Cup. If he wins the Naturalism he’ll deserve a start. The other option is the Moonee Valley Cup. 
“He’s a honest type of stayer.”
Meanwhile, Purcell said his promising jumper Judge Jeuny was having a good break after injuring his near-side tendon.
“We’ve got a big opinion of Judge Jeuny as a jumper,” he said. 
“He just tweaked his tendon so we decided to give him a good break. 
“The injury was nothing major but we just thought we’d rest him. We’ll get him back in work in November to prepare him for the 2017 jumps season.”
Judge Jeuny has had four jumps starts for two wins, a second and a fourth.
More wins for Wilde
Symon Wilde extended his purple patch with a winning double at Warracknabeal last Saturday. 
The two winners, Ruby Eyes and Humorous Bet, followed a double at Warrnambool the previous week for Wilde.
“Ruby Eyes put the writing on the wall with an excellent run last time at Warrnambool,” Wilde said. “She’s a progressive type of mare who deserved the victory.
“Humorous Bet has just kept on improving since she joined our stable. She’s thrived in the beach environment. 
“We might give her another start or two  before a freshen-up.”
In other stable news, Wilde schooled a few of his jumpers and potential jumpers at Warrnambool last Friday, including Danzadoozie.
“We had to give Danzadoozie a school after he had a harmless fall at Ballarat,” he said. 
“He jumped well and the school should top off his fitness.”
Casterton has three jumps races this Sunday. The last jumps races for the season will be at Coleraine on September 25.
Weir nearly there
Leading trainer Darren Weir is only weeks away from opening part of his new 40-box stabling complex at the Warrnambool track.
Weir’s Warrnambool foreman, Jarrod McLean, said 20 horses would be stabled in the new boxes “within the next few weeks”. 
“The other 20 should be completed in the near future. 
“The wet weather held up progress for a few weeks.”
McLean said the Ballarat-based Weir was still working out logistics for his expanded Warrnambool satellite stable. 
Lavish disappointment
Koroit-trained Lavish Mactavish will head to Casterton this Sunday after rain forced the cancellation of last Sunday’s Penola meeting.
Trainer James McNamara said the last-start Warrnambool winner had looked ideally suited in a 2100-metre race on the heavy at Penola.
“It was really disappointing Penola was cancelled,” McNamara said. “He’s won both his starts this time in and he loves wet tracks. 
“I’m just hoping there’ll be some give in the track at Casterton.”
McNamara, who only has a small team in work, is also considering running Hornets’ Nest in the hurdle at Casterton.
“We’ll just wait and see how he goes this week. The long-term aim is to have him ready for races like the Mortlake Cup (October 29).”
Hornets’ Nest has won more than $120,000 in stakes from his 21 starts.