The Ringmaster will have his final dress rehearsal for the Listed Weetwood Handicap at Toowoomba later this month when he lines up at Doomben on Saturday.Almost every Toowoomba trainer including Tony Sears dreams of a home town win in the 1200-metre feature which this year has been named the Kristy Banks Weetwood to honour the former jockey who suffered serious injuries in a race fall at Clifford Park on December 31."Every Toowoomba trainer would love to win the Weetwood," Sears said."It's our b

The Ringmaster will have his final dress rehearsal for the Listed Weetwood Handicap at Toowoomba later this month when he lines up at Doomben on Saturday.

Almost every Toowoomba trainer including Tony Sears dreams of a home town win in the 1200-metre feature which this year has been named the Kristy Banks Weetwood to honour the former jockey who suffered serious injuries in a race fall at Clifford Park on December 31.

"Every Toowoomba trainer would love to win the Weetwood," Sears said.

"It's our biggest race of the year and it's worth a lot of money."

The Kristy Banks Weetwood on March 29 carries prizemoney of $150,000 with $96,000 going to the winning connections.

Sears hopes to have three runners in this year's Weetwood with arguably his main hope The Ringmaster having his final warm-up in the Coca-Cola Handicap (1000m) at Doomben.

Sear's other two Weetwood hopes are last Saturday's Eagle Farm winner Haizum and Trail Boss who desperately needs another win to be assured of a start.

"I've got Trail Boss entered for the Class Six Plate on Saturday as well but I'm not sure if he's starting," Sears said.

"He needs to win another race to have a chance of getting into the Weetwood so I might save him for the Dalby Newmarket."

The Dalby Newmarket Handicap (1200m) is also run on Saturday.

Sears has tried unsuccessfully on several occasions to win the Weetwood Handicap with Inzaman his best performance when the gelding was narrowly beaten by former top mare Seawinne in 1995.

"I thought Inzaman had won that day. Seawinne just got us on the line," Sears said.

"Inzaman went into the race with good form after winning two of his previous three runs."

The Ringmaster was given 12 days in the paddock following his last-start victory over 1350 metres at Doomben on February 4.

Sears is unconcerned about not giving the four-year-old a barrier trial ahead of his return and knows one thing for certain - he'll be much better on the Toowoomba cushion track.

"The Ringmaster is very good on the cushion track," Sears said.

"He doesn't let down as quick on grass tracks as he does on the cushion.

"I gave him 12 days in the paddock following his last run and I haven't trialled him for this race on Saturday.

"That doesn't bother me though as he's dropping back in distance from 1350 metres to 1000 metres.

"No matter what the weather is like he'll be running, wet or dry, come Saturday."

Sears won't be drawn into comparing his Weetwood hopefuls as his family owns Haizum, the winner of 14 of his 38 starts.

"Haizum is a very handy horse and he ran fourth in last year's Weetwood and should have finished closer," he said.

But he conceded the cushion track probably tips the scales in The Ringmaster's favour for the Weetwood.

The Ringmaster won his maiden at Toowoomba by more than eight lengths and scored by three lengths in three-year-old company at his only other appearance there in April last year.