The Anthony Cummings stable has put blinkers back on Gilded Spur in an effort to get the best out of the colt at Sandown on Wednesday.The Flying Spur three-year-old put in a lacklustre effort when 10th to Dusty Star in the Group Two D'Urban Stakes (1400m) when second-up at Caulfield on February 12.However he would be hard to beat in the Le Pine Funerals Hcp (1400m) if he ran up to his first-up third to Under The Eiffel over 1400m at Sandown on January 29.Glen Boss has stuck with Gilded Spur afte
The Anthony Cummings stable has put blinkers back on Gilded Spur in an effort to get the best out of the colt at Sandown on Wednesday.
The Flying Spur three-year-old put in a lacklustre effort when 10th to Dusty Star in the Group Two D'Urban Stakes (1400m) when second-up at Caulfield on February 12.
However he would be hard to beat in the Le Pine Funerals Hcp (1400m) if he ran up to his first-up third to Under The Eiffel over 1400m at Sandown on January 29.
Glen Boss has stuck with Gilded Spur after riding him at his past three starts.
One of those was when a sound fifth to Backgammon in the Listed Myer Spring Fashion Stakes (1800m) at Flemington on Oaks day before he went for a spell.
"Bossy said he didn't have his mind on the job so we put the blinkers straight back on," assistant trainer Graham Woolston said.
"He ran well first-up but Dusty Star spreadeagled the field last time and he just go too far out of it and got lost so we've put the blinkers on.
"We were going to step him up to 1800 metres but we've just kept him fresh for the 1400 metres and his work has improved again."
Cummings and Boss will also combine with two-year-old filly Shadow West who makes her debut in the Race-Tech Hcp (1000m).
The daughter of Dane Shadow was beaten a neck by Wednesday's rival Rheinfels in an 800m Cranbourne trial on February 21.
"She has scope for improvement because she missed the early races because she had a few niggly things but she's come back and got ready," Woolston said.
"She's back on track and she's pretty handy."
Meanwhile, Cummings paid $200,000 for a half-brother to his dual Group One winner Turffontein at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale in Melbourne on Tuesday.
The Churchill Downs colt is a brother to the Cummings-trained two-year-old filly Emerald Downs, a Moonee Valley 1200m winner and runner-up to subsequent Blue Diamond placegetter Masthead in the Inglis Premier (1200m) at Mornington, both last month.