Trainer Brian Wakefield has no plans to raise the winter carnival bar with underrated sprinter Frosty if he backs up successfully at Doomben.Frosty scored a narrow win at his second start this campaign in a 1200-metre Class Six at Eagle Farm last week but his task of repeating the feat has been made harder by drawing barrier 11 for Saturday's Fernando Pascual Tribute Plate (1350m).Wakefield had hoped to get a better winter carnival guide with Frosty last preparation when he planned a Doomben sum
Trainer Brian Wakefield has no plans to raise the winter carnival bar with underrated sprinter Frosty if he backs up successfully at Doomben.
Frosty scored a narrow win at his second start this campaign in a 1200-metre Class Six at Eagle Farm last week but his task of repeating the feat has been made harder by drawing barrier 11 for Saturday's Fernando Pascual Tribute Plate (1350m).
Wakefield had hoped to get a better winter carnival guide with Frosty last preparation when he planned a Doomben summer series campaign.
However, Frosty was injured in a float accident which forced Wakefield to ease up on the four-year-old.
"He's never done anything like it before but one morning going to the beach he played up in the float and hurt his hip," Wakefield said.
"He had a fair amount of bruising so I had to back off with him a little which meant he couldn't run in the summer series at Doomben.
"He's only had one open company run and was only beaten two lengths and he's still eligible for another two Class Sixes."
Wakefield plans to target some of the minor winter carnival races with Frosty after he wins his remaining restricted class races.
"I'll probably set him for a race like the Eye Liner Stakes and I might also take him to Rockhampton for the Newmarket," he said.
Wakefield has sent Frosty to the beach this week to swim and exercise.
"He won well last Saturday but I couldn't get him any fitter in a week so I sent him to Nudgee beach to swim," Wakefield said.
Meanwhile, trainer Robbie Heathcote rates Frosty as the one to beat for My Limit who has been given a sound grounding for his comeback.
My Limit incurred a mandatory three-month ban for bleeding from both nostrils after finishing last to Uncle Jan in a Class Six Plate (2020m) at Doomben last October.
The four-year-old had been in good form following wins in two of his three previous starts which had Heathcote contemplating a winter carnival campaign.
"I was thinking he might measure up over a distance during the winter but we'll have to wait and see now," Heathcote said.
"There's some nice races coming up in the winter which should suit him but you never know how a bleeder comes back.
"He's a good horse and I'm confident I've got him right.
"He's effective from 1600 metres and up but it's too early to say if he'll be up to the winter.
"I'm not confident he can win first-up but I'm confident he'll run a big race."