Group One winner Onemorenomore has pleased trainer John Thompson with a solid workout between races at Warwick Farm as he builds towards Saturday's George Main Stakes.The Champagne Stakes winner edged out stablemate Run For Naara narrowly in Tuesday's 1000-metre hitout, running the final 600 metres in 34.09s.Thompson says the Group One George Main (1600m) at Randwick will be a preparation-defining run for Onemorenomore whose potential targets include next month's Cox Plate."Whether we keep going
Group One winner Onemorenomore has pleased trainer John Thompson with a solid workout between races at Warwick Farm as he builds towards Saturday's George Main Stakes.
The Champagne Stakes winner edged out stablemate Run For Naara narrowly in Tuesday's 1000-metre hitout, running the final 600 metres in 34.09s.
Thompson says the Group One George Main (1600m) at Randwick will be a preparation-defining run for Onemorenomore whose potential targets include next month's Cox Plate.
"Whether we keep going on the weight-for-age path or we swap and go to the Spring Champion and then towards the (Victoria) Derby, Saturday will tell," Thompson said.
"The horse is doing really well. That hitout today will do him the world of good, it will be three weeks between runs on Saturday."
Thompson only joined Nathan Tinkler's Patinack Farm operation last month to train alongside Jason Coyle.
But Thompson was thrust into the top job a couple of weeks ago following the shock resignation of Coyle.
Thompson, who was foreman to Bart Cummings for a decade, celebrated his first winner for Tinkler's thoroughbred empire last Wednesday when Honest Truth scored at Newcastle.
Onemorenomore is having his first start for Thompson with his latest effort a second-up fourth to More Than Great in the Listed Ming Dynasty (1400m) at Randwick on September 5.
"I've certainly hit the ground running but it's been good, we've got great staff and some outstanding horses," Thompson said.
"This bloke is certainly a very exciting horse to work with, he's a very laid-back, casual horse and I couldn't be happier with him."
The Red Ransom colt's class came to the fore when he blitzed his rivals by four lengths to win the Group One Champagne Stakes (1600m) in late April.
Thompson said More Than Ready filly Run For Naara was on a VRC Oaks (2500m) path and would run on Saturday at Randwick in either the Listed Reginald Allen Handicap (1400m) or Group Two Stan Fox Stakes (1400m).
"She's a nice, big filly and has plenty of scope and I don't expect her to be doing anything until she gets to a mile (1600m) or a mile-plus," Thompson said.
The Warwick Farm trainer came close to landing his first Group race last Saturday at Caulfield when Trusting rocketed home in the Guineas Prelude for colts and geldings only to fall a short half-head shy of the winner Demerit.