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Daughter of Zoustar looking to go one better in Coolmore Classic

After being narrowly denied her first Group 1 when second to Savatiano (Street Cry) in the Canterbury Stakes (Gr 1, 1300m) last Saturday, the Anthony Cummings-trained Mizzy (Zoustar) will look to atone for that performance when she lines up in the Coolmore Classic (Gr 1, 1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday. 

It does not look an easy task for the daughter of Zoustar (Northern Meteor) who will have to shoulder 58kg in the Group 1 and jump from wide barrier 15.  

"I suppose weight is there to try to even them up and they say it stops trains," Cummings said. 

"It has some impact, no doubt, but probably more so the fact it's from a wide gate. Distance travelled, to me, seems a bigger impost than the weight.

"She had that injury and you wonder whether they will come back.

"It takes a fair bit of time to get the muscle back working properly, a lot of work and mucking around and time and patience from everybody. 

"She has come back better in all respects this time around and I think that's pretty heartening."