Jockey Damian Browne expects gun three-year-old Ready To Rip to send a message to his winter carnival rivals in the Group Three Gold Coast Guineas on Saturday.Browne is confident Ready To Rip can stretch his winning sequence to three in the 1200m feature.Trainer Andrew Williamson is using the Gold Coast Guineas as a stepping stone to either the Group One Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) or Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 11.However, a Guineas win at the Gold Coast could be
Jockey Damian Browne expects gun three-year-old Ready To Rip to send a message to his winter carnival rivals in the Group Three Gold Coast Guineas on Saturday.
Browne is confident Ready To Rip can stretch his winning sequence to three in the 1200m feature.
Trainer Andrew Williamson is using the Gold Coast Guineas as a stepping stone to either the Group One Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) or Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 11.
However, a Guineas win at the Gold Coast could be bad news for Browne who would be unable to make the gelding's weight if Williams selected the Stradbroke as the winter goal.
"I'm not sure but I doubt he'll go for the Stradbroke," Browne said.
"It's probably a year too early for him to take on older horses in the Stradbroke.
"He'll definitely be a better proposition and a lot stronger next year."
Browne rode Ready To Rip when the son of More Than Ready scored an impressive victory over 1000 metres in the Mick Dittman Plate at Eagle Farm on April 23.
"It was a terrific win," Browne said.
"There were a couple of 1000 metre specialists that were better than him over the distance but he picked them up and won easily."
Browne believes Ready To Rip can make it to the top next season.
"He's got a terrific temperament and is a natural racehorse," he said.
"He gives me the feeling of a Group One horse."
Browne's only doubt with Ready To Rip this winter is whether he's mature enough for 1600 metres in the Queensland Guineas.
"Everything you throw at him he does with ease," Browne said.
"But we'll see how he goes each run and hopefully he'll run 1600 metres this preparation."
Williamson, who has been training for 10 years, will be looking for his biggest pay cheque in the Gold Coast Guineas.
"The Mick Dittman Plate has been my biggest win so far," Williamson said.
"Before that one of my best races was when I ran third with a horse called Past Blast behind China Amber in the Dane Ripper Handicap (in 2001) when I first started off."
Williamson expects Ready To Rip to get a soft run from barrier one and has been delighted with his work since the Mick Dittman Plate.
"He's going terrific. He pulled up a bit muscle sore after the Mick Dittman but I got the physio to him and he's right now," he said.
Ready To Rip has four wins from six starts and is part-owned by Barry Greenup, of Chief De Beers fame, who paid $55,000 for the gelding at the Magic Millions sales.