Doncaster Mile plans for Fifteen Carat have been abandoned in favour of a Stradbroke Handicap mission at Eagle Farm during the Brisbane winter carnival.Trainer Howard Wilson rates the four-year-old a potential Group One winner and planned to send him to Sydney for the $2 million Doncaster Mile at Randwick in April if he performed well in the Carlton Mid Handicap (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday."He'll end up winning a Group One race somewhere," Wilson said."He's a top horse and he's only a four-ye
Doncaster Mile plans for Fifteen Carat have been abandoned in favour of a Stradbroke Handicap mission at Eagle Farm during the Brisbane winter carnival.
Trainer Howard Wilson rates the four-year-old a potential Group One winner and planned to send him to Sydney for the $2 million Doncaster Mile at Randwick in April if he performed well in the Carlton Mid Handicap (1350m) at Doomben on Saturday.
"He'll end up winning a Group One race somewhere," Wilson said.
"He's a top horse and he's only a four-year-old.
"Sydney is up in the air, in fact, he won't be going.
"I don't think he'd have enough prizemoney to get into the Doncaster."
Fifteen Carat stunned the big Gold Coast crowd when he clipped the heels of another runner and fell just past the winning post after finishing fifth to Bold Glance in the Magic Millions Cup (1400m) on January 15.
Melbourne jockey Craig Williams escaped serious injury in the fall.
Wilson felt Fifteen Carat, who will be ridden by Chris Munce at Doomben, should have won the Magic Millions Cup when Williams took off 700 metres from home.
"Craig said if he had the chance again he wouldn't have gone so early," Wilson said.
"There's no doubt if he had been held up longer he would have won easily."
Wilson believes the son of Show A Heart will prove a genuine contender for the Group One Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm in June.
"He's only had four runs this time in and he'll need a blow soon if I'm to get him ready for the winter," he said.
"He's been unlucky in a few of his races and he'll make up for it on Saturday."
Wilson revealed Fifteen Carat also had a few tricks away from the racetrack.
"I've got to watch him every day in his stables at home," he said.
"He's got this knack of opening the latch of his stable and walking out to a spare stable to look at the other horses."
Wilson had planned to start Fifteen Carat in the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup at Caloundra last Friday night.
"That's a sad story," he said.
"I thought he'd be a big chance in that race but I overlooked the acceptances.
"Because of Australia Day last week, I missed the acceptances which were taken a day earlier than normal."
Wilson showed he had learned from the error and didn't miss Wednesday's early declarations for the Doomben meeting.
Racing Queensland Limited is trialling a Wednesday acceptance time which brings it into line with southern states.