Veteran sprinter Straight Legs is on his last chance to find form after being winless for nearly two years.The eight-year-old has almost exhausted the patience of his owners as well as his co-trainers Jamie Edwards and Bruce Elkington and needs to run well in Wednesday's Betfair Handicap (1200m) at Sandown to keep his career alive."If he doesn't win or run a place then it will be his last run," Edwards said.He said there would be no excuses for the gelding whose last of 12 wins was at Cheltenham

Veteran sprinter Straight Legs is on his last chance to find form after being winless for nearly two years.

The eight-year-old has almost exhausted the patience of his owners as well as his co-trainers Jamie Edwards and Bruce Elkington and needs to run well in Wednesday's Betfair Handicap (1200m) at Sandown to keep his career alive.

"If he doesn't win or run a place then it will be his last run," Edwards said.

He said there would be no excuses for the gelding whose last of 12 wins was at Cheltenham on July 28, 2007.

"The horse is as good as I have ever had him," Edwards said.

"I can't fault him. His blood count is perfect - he's fit and very well.

"Whether he's an old horse who has had enough we will see, but I will have no excuses for him.

"He's getting a wet track which suits him, has Brad Rawiller riding him and has drawn barrier three."

Straight Legs has been a terrific money-spinner for his connections, earning more than $330,000 in stakes, and in 64 starts is a six-time city winner at Flemington (twice), Sandown (twice), Morphettville and Cheltenham.

He has also won at Bendigo (twice), Sale, Werribee, Warrnambool and Colac.

Edwards was hoping that Straight Legs would add to his list of winning tracks last start when he floated him to Canberra for his first try at racing the opposite direction, but the plan backfired when he was knocked down at the start.

Instead of being in his customary on-pace role he settled last and had no impact on the race finishing ninth of the 11 runners.

"Canberra was a disaster," Edwards said.

"He is a horse who leads or sits outside the leader but he was last on straightening."

Straight Legs had gone no better at his other two starts this campaign at Hamilton and Sandown, both times over 1200 metres which has been a bogey distance for the son of Mookta.

Edwards said the distance was again the query for Straight Legs who has been unable to win beyond 1100 metres but he takes some heart that from his 11 starts at 1200 metres he has finished second three times and third twice.

"He has never won over 1200 metres but I would just like to see the horse be competitive this time instead of being easily beaten," he said.