Cranbourne trainer Gavin Bedggood has travelled to New Zealand as he prepares to saddle his first international runner.
Bedggood and Kingswood departed Melbourne on Saturday night ahead of a tilt at the Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day.
The trip shapes as both a race-day opportunity and a potential pathway to a future stud career for the entire.
“He’s a stallion with a good pedigree page, but he’s not a sexy horse in Australia,” Bedggood said.
“I think he would be commercial in that environment, so if he was able to go over there and jag one, that would be good.
“There are races over there in the autumn for him too, but we’ll reassess after Boxing Day.”
A son of Roaring Lion, Kingswood won the Group 3 Coongy Cup (2000m) earlier this year and also scored on Melbourne Cup Day.
“Ballarat was too wet, so you can put a pen through that,” Bedggood said.
Rory Hutchings has been booked to ride, with Kingswood to remain in New Zealand until mid-January.