After six racing preparations and more than 40 starts, most horses have hit the heights they are destined to hit.There are no more surprises.Unless, of course, the horse is Vision And Power.The gelding has made the remarkable leap from run-of-the-mill city class galloper to polished open company performer and finally, almost unbelievably, to dual Group One winner.His journey will continue at Randwick on Saturday when he steps out in the feature Warwick Stakes (1400m), his first start since finis

After six racing preparations and more than 40 starts, most horses have hit the heights they are destined to hit.

There are no more surprises.

Unless, of course, the horse is Vision And Power.

The gelding has made the remarkable leap from run-of-the-mill city class galloper to polished open company performer and finally, almost unbelievably, to dual Group One winner.

His journey will continue at Randwick on Saturday when he steps out in the feature Warwick Stakes (1400m), his first start since finishing an unlucky fifth to Pompeii Ruler in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in April.

"It's been a pretty incredible journey but it really shouldn't have been that way," trainer Joe Pride said.

"He was a promising horse early but he was a colt so you could use that as his excuse.

"Then he just lost interest in it all for a while.

"When he came up to me he was a bit sore and then EI (equine influenza) hit so he lost six months there.

"There have been circumstances behind it all.

"It's not the normal path for a Group One horse but that's the good thing about racing, there are a lot of different ways to get to the same place."

Originally prepared by Robert Smerdon in Melbourne, Vision And Power won his first race in July 2005.

It took another two-and-a-half years for him to score his second career win in a restricted race on the Randwick Kensington track.

There were a couple more wins in unremarkable races before he resumed with a victory at Rosehill last December, the first time he had scored fresh from a spell in six attempts.

"Going into his first-up run last preparation I couldn't have been happier with him," Pride said.

"But even halfway through the prep when he won the Parramatta Cup, the last thing I would have thought was that he could win a Doncaster."

But win the Doncaster he did.

And the George Ryder Stakes to boot.

Now the horse Pride affectionately calls "Chief" will be out to prove his autumn form was no fluke and the Warwick Stakes will be a crucial starting point.

The gelding has drawn barrier eight of 11 and his rivals will include multiple Group One winner and last year's victor Racing To Win, 2008 Stradbroke Handicap hero Mr Baritone and the speedy Court Command.

Pride isn't predicting a win on Saturday but is anticipating a competitive performance and down the track hopes to run Vision And Power in the Cox Plate.

"He's always run nice races fresh for me so I'm not expecting too much difference on Saturday," Pride said.

One galloper who won't line up in the Warwick Stakes is Randwick and Rosehill Guineas winner Metal Bender who was not among the acceptances on Thursday.

He is expected to kick off his campaign in the coming weeks but his absence will be a blow for jockey Hugh Bowman who decided to forgo the mount on Racing To Win in preference for Metal Bender.

Corey Brown has picked up the ride on the John O'Shea-trained grey.