Trainer Jeff Caught will make a decision on Wednesday whether Pleasure Time will get his chance to continue the stable's good fortune at Eagle Farm.Caught trained his first Sydney winner when Falino was successful at Rosehill 10 days ago but faces a midweek reality check with Pleasure Time if the six-year-old starts in the www.brc.com.au Handicap (1800m).Caught doesn't want to start Pleasure Time on a heavy track and is hopeful a forecast for fine weather and strong winds will help dry out a rai
Trainer Jeff Caught will make a decision on Wednesday whether Pleasure Time will get his chance to continue the stable's good fortune at Eagle Farm.
Caught trained his first Sydney winner when Falino was successful at Rosehill 10 days ago but faces a midweek reality check with Pleasure Time if the six-year-old starts in the www.brc.com.au Handicap (1800m).
Caught doesn't want to start Pleasure Time on a heavy track and is hopeful a forecast for fine weather and strong winds will help dry out a rain-soaked Eagle Farm.
"I don't want to run him on a track that's too wet but if the track gets back to the better side of slow he'll run," Caught said.
Like Falino, Pleasure Time was bought by Caught at a tried horse sale.
"I've only had Pleasure Time for about 18 months after I picked him out at a tried sale," he said.
"When I got him he'd only won a maiden but I've won four races with him including three in a row in the winter."
Caught has been skilful managing his small team of seven horses and has engaged three kilogram-claiming apprentice Ashley Butler to offset the gelding's 58 kilograms.
The son of Arena has had only two starts this campaign, resuming with a close fifth over 1200 metres at Doomben last month before his last-start third on a heavy track to Radetsky in a 1350-metre class five on the same track on December 8.
"His last race wasn't run to suit and he should go a lot better over this distance," Caught said.
"His last two runs were too short and he's been looking for this trip."
Caught is a hobby trainer who moved to Brisbane eight years ago after starting off 20 years ago preparing trotters in Townsville in north Queensland.
He works full-time as a design draftsman for an engineering company at Milton in Brisbane and hopes to make a dash to the track to watch Pleasure Time during his lunch break.
"If he starts I should be right to get there in my lunch break," he said.
"It's been an easy week this week and everyone is winding down ahead of Christmas."
Caught is confident Pleasure Time can develop further after throwing him in at the deep end in the Group Three Tatt's Cup (2200m) at Eagle Farm in June.
Pleasure Time only finished ninth to Mirrasalo in the Tatt's Cup but showed enough for Caught to consider sending him north next winter for the Rockhampton and Townsville Cups.