Lee Freedman will dispense with an elastic girth on Essaouira to insure against a repeat of her rodeo performance when she steps up her Golden Slipper Stakes campaign in Sydney.Essaouira was ordered to trial to the satisfaction of stewards after she came out of the barrier bucking in Saturday's Chairman's Stakes at Caulfield.The odds-on favourite, she finished sixth of eight runners, setting her Golden Slipper chances back significantly.In an extraordinary day, Slipper favourite More Joyous also

Lee Freedman will dispense with an elastic girth on Essaouira to insure against a repeat of her rodeo performance when she steps up her Golden Slipper Stakes campaign in Sydney.

Essaouira was ordered to trial to the satisfaction of stewards after she came out of the barrier bucking in Saturday's Chairman's Stakes at Caulfield.

The odds-on favourite, she finished sixth of eight runners, setting her Golden Slipper chances back significantly.

In an extraordinary day, Slipper favourite More Joyous also buck jumped when her saddle slipped at the start of the Silver Slipper at Rosehill and she took no part in the race.

The Gai Waterhouse-trained More Joyous will also go back to the barrier trials before lining up in one of the Golden slipper qualifying races later this month.

Freedman said he was warming to the idea of giving Essaouira a trial in Sydney before the Group Two Reisling Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on March 21.

He believes Essaouira, who had never previously shown signs of bucking, was unlikely to ever do it again but he would change her girth as a precaution.

He said there were many theories but acknowledged that elastic girths have been known to pinch horses.

"We will probably change the girth and replace it with an old fashioned webbing girth with a single elastic," Freedman said.

Essaouira is down the order of entry for the Golden Slipper having earned only $20,363 from her two starts which includes an impressive six-length win at her Moonee Valley debut last month.

Freedman said he was happy for the Exceed And Excel filly to try to win her place in the Slipper in the ballot exempt Reisling Stakes.

"The next few weeks there are ballot free races and if she can't win one of them she doesn't deserve to be in the Slipper," Freedman said.