Joe Pride loves the challenge of training tried horses and is enjoying working with recent Victorian acquisition Pursuit who makes his stable debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.The lightly-raced six-year-old was formerly trained by Lee Hope at Kilmore and has been given a couple of Sydney trials by Pride, who moved into his new 40-box Warwick Farm stables on Wednesday.Pursuit, a son of El Moxie, has won two of his 11 starts and been placed five times but has not raced since April last year becau
Joe Pride loves the challenge of training tried horses and is enjoying working with recent Victorian acquisition Pursuit who makes his stable debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
The lightly-raced six-year-old was formerly trained by Lee Hope at Kilmore and has been given a couple of Sydney trials by Pride, who moved into his new 40-box Warwick Farm stables on Wednesday.
Pursuit, a son of El Moxie, has won two of his 11 starts and been placed five times but has not raced since April last year because of niggling injuries.
He joined Pride's team a couple of months ago and lines up in The Royal 18/10 Lounge Handicap (1400m) on Wednesday.
"He's had a few tendon problems and I think it's going to take a little bit of racing for him to reach his peak," Pride said.
"I love training tried horses, it's my speciality and I can't get enough of them.
"They're mature and developed and I particularly like tried horses who have showed good form and then trained off for some reason or another."
Pursuit has not won since January last year when he defeated the Darren Weir-trained Offenbach, who went on to win the Group Three Hobart Cup (2200m) by more than five lengths in February this year, over 1462m at Kilmore.
"I've had a look at his overall record but I like to go into it with a fresh mindset with new horses and treat them as I see them," Pride said.
"His record is solid and it's a great challenge to get them back to that good form, hopefully we can do it."
Jeff Lloyd, who rode Pursuit when third in a barrier trial at Rosehill on October 3, is booked for the ride on Wednesday.
Pride enjoyed success with former Victorian Vision And Power who was transferred to his stable late last year.
Vision And Power has since landed a couple of wins at Randwick and one at Rosehill.
"I used that fresh approach with him and took each run on it's merits and he's had a couple of good campaigns for us," Pride said.
Pursuit is the $21 outsider in early markets for Wednesday's race which are headed by the Alan Scorse-trained Looking Fur Lang at $4.60.