Lightly-raced mare Risk Aversion will be given the opportunity to chase a family tradition if she satisfactorily passes her first-up assignment at Doomben.Risk Aversion, a Chris Munce mount in Wednesday's Hidden Dragon @ Lyndhurst Handicap (1030m), has been restricted to just two starts in her career because of a leg injury.Trainer Michael Lakey believes Risk Aversion may have suffered the ligament problem while she was being broken in as a yearling before she entered his Deagon stables.The daug
Lightly-raced mare Risk Aversion will be given the opportunity to chase a family tradition if she satisfactorily passes her first-up assignment at Doomben.
Risk Aversion, a Chris Munce mount in Wednesday's Hidden Dragon @ Lyndhurst Handicap (1030m), has been restricted to just two starts in her career because of a leg injury.
Trainer Michael Lakey believes Risk Aversion may have suffered the ligament problem while she was being broken in as a yearling before she entered his Deagon stables.
The daughter of Encosta De Lago, who is a half-sister to Group One placegetter Shania Dane and triple Group One Hong Kong winner Scintillation, showed she had a bright future when she easily won her maiden over 1200 metres at Eagle Farm on April 13.
"She had a small ligament problem in her first preparation when she was trained in Sydney," Lakey said.
"It could have happened when she was broken in and it was serious enough for her to have a six-month spell before she raced.
"After she won her maiden I gave her an eight-week spell and she's been in work about nine weeks now and has trialled once."
Lakey has spent many mornings exercising Risk Aversion with long walks and taking her to the beach to prepare her for her comeback.
"She had a bit of a temperament problem as well when she used to sweat up badly on the float taking her to the races," he said.
"But since we've been taking her to the beach she seems a lot more settled."
Lakey's major concern with Risk Aversion making a successful comeback is a steep class rise and the journey.
"It's a big jump in class from a maiden to a class four," he said.
"The trip also might be a shade short for her over 1000 metres. I'd be more confident if it was 1200 metres."
Lakey's aim with Risk Aversion is to follow the four-year-old's family tradition to achieve black type for her owner, Gold Coast businessman John Hutchins.
Hutchins and his wife Fumei are best known as the owners of recently-retired star Typhoon Tracy.
"If she races well enough this campaign the aim we've got with her is to get some black type," Lakey said.
"There's some nice Listed races for fillies and mares coming up for her later in the year."