Consistent galloper Davcon has grown new feet for another country Cups campaign this spring.The hoof-troubled five-year-old resumes after a six-month break in Saturday's Hiskens Cup (1514m) at Moonee Valley with what trainer Heath Conners described as a new set of "tyres"."He hasn't got real good feet so we gave him three months in the paddock so he could grow some new feet," Conners said."It is like he has new tyres and he is ready to go again."While Davcon is yet to win first-up in six attempt
Consistent galloper Davcon has grown new feet for another country Cups campaign this spring.
The hoof-troubled five-year-old resumes after a six-month break in Saturday's Hiskens Cup (1514m) at Moonee Valley with what trainer Heath Conners described as a new set of "tyres".
"He hasn't got real good feet so we gave him three months in the paddock so he could grow some new feet," Conners said.
"It is like he has new tyres and he is ready to go again."
While Davcon is yet to win first-up in six attempts, Conners said the Moonee Valley track and the Hiskens Cup distance were in his favour and isn't ruling out an upset.
In the latest TAB Sportsbet betting, Davcon is at $13 in an open market headed by Tiakinui ($5) from Arch Symbol and Dane Keeper at $6.50 and Pinnacles ($7.50).
"I wouldn't say he is a good thing but he will be flying home," Conners said.
"He loves Moonee Valley, three of his four wins have been there, and he has beaten horses as good as if not better than those he's running against on Saturday.
"If they go hard from the 1500 metres, which they usually do, then he can take a nice sit and swoop home like he normally does at the Valley.
"He takes off from the 500 metres and by time they straighten up he can be a length off the leader."
Conners said because of Davcon's feet issues he missed out on his chance earlier this month to improve on his ninth in last year's Winter Championship Final, but the trainer is keen to get a couple of confidence-boosting wins into him before the country Cups come around.
"We wanted him in at this time of the year so he could have his first few runs on soft ground and also give him a couple of kills before the spring," Conners said.
Last spring Davcon failed to win a race but he was third in both the Ballarat Cup and Seymour Classic and was also close up when fourth in the Seymour Cup, fifth in Ballarat's Gold Nugget Stakes and sixth in the Sale Cup.
"They are the kind of races we will be looking at with him again," Conners said.
"He is a Listed or Group Three horse and races around the mile (1600m) really suit him."