Trainer Gary Portelli has spent as much time psychoanalysing Something Anything as he has on the horse's physical preparation and reckons he has got him figured out.The five-year-old has been consistent throughout his 32-start career but his winning record has not been as good as it should have been - until now.He faces his biggest test in Saturday's Group Two Villiers Stakes (1600m) and his trainer believes he is up to the task after putting together two wins from his past two starts."He is a h
Trainer Gary Portelli has spent as much time psychoanalysing Something Anything as he has on the horse's physical preparation and reckons he has got him figured out.
The five-year-old has been consistent throughout his 32-start career but his winning record has not been as good as it should have been - until now.
He faces his biggest test in Saturday's Group Two Villiers Stakes (1600m) and his trainer believes he is up to the task after putting together two wins from his past two starts.
"He is a highly intelligent horse and a real thinker," Portelli said.
"If you don't keep on top of him he gets very playful and up to no good.
"But his recent wins have given him confidence and now he is concentrating and he wants to win.
"He has always been consistent - it is just a matter of finding the right races.
"We've got him to settle now and that is the key.
"The big question is whether he can get a mile but the fact that he is settling so well in his races gives me confidence that he can get the trip."
Jim Cassidy was aboard at Rosehill last Saturday when Something Anything made light of his 59.5kg to burst through in the last 100 metres of a 1400m welter for a solid victory.
Tracey Bartley's decision to start Sniper's Bullet in the race caught Portelli by surprise with Cassidy switching to the topweight who has run placings in two Group One races at the Perth summer carnival.
However, he didn't have to wait long to find an able substitute in Chris Munce.
"He's got a top-flight jockey on and I'll leave it to him what to do," Portelli said.
Munce has a host of trophies including two Golden Slippers, a Cox Plate and a Melbourne Cup but has not won the Villiers since 1997 when he steered Arletty to victory.
He has been back riding for little more than a week following his release from jail where he served a 20-month sentence for his part in a tips-for-bets scandal in Hong Kong.
Munce was controversially relicensed by Racing NSW, causing a rift between the administrative body and Hong Kong authorities, but wasted little time getting back to the winners' circle with two winners at Hawkesbury on Sunday, his third day back.
With many of Sydney's jockeys out of action because of injury or suspension, Munce has a solid book of five rides at Randwick for leading trainers Gai Waterhouse, Jack Denham, Bart Cummings and Ron Quinton as well as Portelli.
Something Anything is on the fourth line of Villiers betting at $10 after easing slightly from an overnight quote.
Causeyacan assumed outright favouritism at $5.50 with Theophorus steady $6.50 and topweight Sniper's Bullet at $7.