Jockeys have to make some tough decisions in races but sometimes the calls they make off the track can have just as great an impact.Take Corey Brown.His decision to accept a unique opportunity to ride in Dubai this weekend means he has forgone Saturday's plum Kindergarten Stakes mount on Golden Slipper contender Solar Charged.Hugh Bowman has picked up the ride on the John O'Shea-trained filly but in doing so has been forced to make a difficult decision of his own.Bowman partnered the highly-rega

Jockeys have to make some tough decisions in races but sometimes the calls they make off the track can have just as great an impact.

Take Corey Brown.

His decision to accept a unique opportunity to ride in Dubai this weekend means he has forgone Saturday's plum Kindergarten Stakes mount on Golden Slipper contender Solar Charged.

Hugh Bowman has picked up the ride on the John O'Shea-trained filly but in doing so has been forced to make a difficult decision of his own.

Bowman partnered the highly-regarded Elimbari to an impressive debut win in January and also had the choice of sticking with the Kris Lees-trained filly in the Kindergarten.

He admits he won't know until around 3pm (AEDT) on Saturday if he has pulled the right rein.

"It's a little hard for me to tell at this stage, I would have preferred to ride both fillies before having to make a decision," Bowman said.

"Obviously Kris and John have decided on their preparations and they won't waver them for a jockey which is to be expected.

"I can only ride one horse in a race unfortunately.

"I would have loved to stay with Elimbari but I've chosen Solar Charged because I feel she might be the better two-year-old.

"Elimbari is bred to be a Slipper horse but the feel she gives me and the look of her she might be even better in six months time, whereas Solar Charged is the ultimate package.

"She's a horse who makes her own luck.

"Whether she's good enough, well we'll find out on the weekend."

Solar Charged rocketed into Slipper calculations with an outstanding five-length victory at her only start last year.

She is second favourite for the $3.5 million race behind Chance Bye but she could depose the Silver Slipper winner if she is successful at Warwick Farm.

Bowman rode Solar Charged in her first barrier trial last year and has also been aboard her in trackwork.

He partnered her sire Charge Forward, who was also trained by O'Shea, to his 2003 Breeders Plate win and says there are strong parallels between them.

"The feel she gave me in her first trial reminded me a lot of Charge Forward who I rode in his first trial and in the Breeders Plate," Bowman said.

"There are a lot of similarities between them, although she has still got to prove herself."

Interestingly, Charge Forward also contested the Kindergarten and finished third to Crimson Reign before beating all but Dance Hero in the 2004 Golden Slipper.

Solar Charged has drawn barrier seven and will have up to nine rivals including Georgette Silk who was scratched from the Silver Slipper last Saturday.

The Kindergarten (1100m) has been a useful guide to the world's richest two-year-old with both Forensics (2007) and Belle Du Jour (2000) claiming the double in the past decade.