Joe Pride will instruct Adam Hyeronimus to take Estadio Mestalla forward from a wide gate in the $1 million The Gong on Saturday as the Warwick Farm trainer looks to cap his outstanding spring with another major win.

Pride already has three group 1 victories this spring, from Attica and Ceolwulf (twice), plus Coal Crusher’s win in the $1 million group 2 The Hunter last week. The trainer now has seven-year-old Estadio Mestalla backing up from an eye-catching run at Newcastle to tackle the mile of The Gong at Kembla Grange on Saturday.

Estadio Mestalla, after starting in gate 16, came from last in The Hunter (1300m) to finish just two lengths off Coal Crusher in sixth. He resumed 11 days earlier with a brilliant finish through the pack, carrying 63 kilograms, to edge out stablemate Accredi

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