Promising galloper The Handsome One will be out to emulate former stablemate Mic Mac by winning the Aurie's Star Handicap at Flemington on Saturday.Prepared by Greg Eurell before a switch to Paul Messara, Mic Mac was an impressive winner of the 2009 Aurie's Star (1200m), beating subsequent Group One Emirates Stakes winner All American and 2007 Cox Plate hero El Segundo.Mic Mac went on to take out the Group Two Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield at his next start and that is the same path Eurell
Promising galloper The Handsome One will be out to emulate former stablemate Mic Mac by winning the Aurie's Star Handicap at Flemington on Saturday.
Prepared by Greg Eurell before a switch to Paul Messara, Mic Mac was an impressive winner of the 2009 Aurie's Star (1200m), beating subsequent Group One Emirates Stakes winner All American and 2007 Cox Plate hero El Segundo.
Mic Mac went on to take out the Group Two Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield at his next start and that is the same path Eurell will take with The Handsome One should he be successful on Saturday.
"That's what there is to offer so if he's good enough we'll go in that direction," Eurell said.
The son of Shamardal, out of the unraced Dehere mare Dehere And Now, The Handsome One was resuming when he won down the Flemington straight 1200m course on a heavy track narrowly beating Beyond Pardon on June 26.
"He's in very good order," Eurell said.
"We actually gave him a let-up after his win down the straight at Flemington.
"We basically give him 10 days off and gave him a bit of a freshen up and he's ready to go again."
The Handsome One will be ridden by Dale Smith who has partnered the four-year-old in each of his five starts for three wins.
The chestnut won over 1100m at Traralgon and 1200m at Caulfield last December, earning a shot at the Zeditave Stakes (1200m) on January 26 and the Wellington RC Stakes (1400m) on February 6, both at Caulfield.
He didn't measure up, finishing seventh and last of six respectively - both times behind Denman.
Eurell believed the horse had been squeezing his testicles and he was gelded and sent for a spell.
"I honestly think he might have had a few issues there with that because he just wasn't performing as well as he should have," the Cranbourne trainer said.
"But the way he's working now you can tell it has made a difference."
Eurell believes The Handsome One, who is yet to race beyond 1400m, will get 1600m.
Nominations have been extended until Tuesday morning for the Aurie's Star which attracted 12 entries on Monday.
The Peter Moody-trained Headway is the class runner of the field being a winner of the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington last spring.
Moody has kept his options open by also nominating the Charge Forward mare for Saturday's Group Three Missile Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.
L T Cleary Stakes winner Beltrois, Anniversary Vase winner Delayedreaction, Elusive Touch, Grand Duels, Leica Larrikin and Spacecraft are nominated.