FIVE weeks ago, he was earning almost as much media attention as was sprint champion Black Caviar, but such is the nature of horse racing, bookmakers have quickly demoted multiple group 1 winner Heart Of Dreams to the just-making-up-the-numbers group tomorrow at his Randwick debut, reports The Age.It says: Yet, despite a lingering doubt about the true worth of his inside alley for the 1400 metres All Aged Stakes, trainer Mick Price has good reason to be confident Heart Of Dreams can cause a so-c
FIVE weeks ago, he was earning almost as much media attention as was sprint champion Black Caviar, but such is the nature of horse racing, bookmakers have quickly demoted multiple group 1 winner Heart Of Dreams to the just-making-up-the-numbers group tomorrow at his Randwick debut, reports The Age.
It says: Yet, despite a lingering doubt about the true worth of his inside alley for the 1400 metres All Aged Stakes, trainer Mick Price has good reason to be confident Heart Of Dreams can cause a so-called upset at his first run since his luckless unplaced run in the Australian Cup at Flemington.
''We have given him a bit of time off to freshen him up,'' Price said this week. ''He has come back a treat and is fit and well. If the track is OK, he'll run well.''
The Randwick track, which was a heavy 10 for last week's Doncaster Handicap meeting, was listed as a dead (4) last night with good weather forecast for the next two days. The rail is out seven metres from the 1600 metres to the winning post. Tomorrow Heart Of Dreams tackles his 20th race in a row at either group 1 or group 2 level, but even so, the horse that locked horns with the likes of So You Think, Typhoon Tracy and Shocking last spring, is a $15 chance despite having been favourite in the Australian Cup.