Juvenile Lucky Elmo has been making headlines since he started racing and if successful at Randwick on Saturday he will add another interesting chapter to his brief career.The Bindi Cheers-trained youngster runs in the Snippets Handicap (1100m) and is aiming for his second win of the week after he scored at Coffs Harbour on Tuesday.It was Lucky Elmo's first win since recently being reclassified from a gelding to a rig after an inquiry into his testosterone levels.A rig is a male horse which has

Juvenile Lucky Elmo has been making headlines since he started racing and if successful at Randwick on Saturday he will add another interesting chapter to his brief career.

The Bindi Cheers-trained youngster runs in the Snippets Handicap (1100m) and is aiming for his second win of the week after he scored at Coffs Harbour on Tuesday.

It was Lucky Elmo's first win since recently being reclassified from a gelding to a rig after an inquiry into his testosterone levels.

A rig is a male horse which has a testicle that has not descended into the scrotum, according to Racing NSW veterinarian Dr Craig Suann.

The NSW mid-north coast based youngster has the distinction of winning the first NSW two-year-old race of the season at Tamworth on September 26 after which a sample showed an elevated level of the male hormone.

Subsequent tests following the debut victory and Lucky Elmo's behaviour suggested the possibility of retained gonadal tissue being present.

That was supported by Dr Suann who examined the horse.

"He can't stay out of the news this horse," Cheers said.

"He's still a little bit fat but he's come through the run at Coffs pretty well and will run a nice race, he always does."

Cheers has a great eye for a bargain and has already enjoyed a solid return on her latest investment.

"I bought his mum (Crafty Luck) when Lucky Elmo was on the ground and the mum was in foal as well, so I got a three for one deal," Cheers said.

"You could say I got Lucky Elmo for $400."

Lucky Elmo has racked up $44,250 in prizemoney having won two of his six starts and been placed three times, two of those in town at Randwick and Rosehill.

"He seems to enjoy the heavy workload and he'll probably have 100 starts being in my stables, so we'll have a bit of fun with him," Cheers said.

Cheers drew comparisons between Lucky Elmo and former stable star Quadri, who was bought as a tried horse for $800 and went on to win more than $220,000 in prizemoney in his 131-start career.

"Quadri had five starts before we bought him and he went on to be a top horse for us," Cheers said.

"He was tough and enjoyed plenty of racing and this one is looking a bit like that too.

"Quadri still helps out around the property and often goes to the beach with Elmo, hopefully some of his toughness rubs off on the young horse. Maybe it already has."