New Zealand gelding Trust In You should get conditions to suit at Rosehill on Saturday when he contests the Group 3 Colin Stephen Quality (2400m).
It will be his second run in Australia this preparation, having finished seventh in the Group 3 Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m) earlier this month after a first-up run on an unsuitable Heavy 10 track over a mile at Te Rapa last month.
“His first-up run (at Te Rapa) was okay because it was a really heavy track and he doesn’t handle a real heavy track,” said Grant Cooksley, who trains in partnership with Bruce Wallace.
“His run the other day (at Newcastle), 2300m was just a little bit too far so he was coming to the end of it.”
The son of Sweynesse drew the outside barrier in the nine-horse field at Newcastle but has drawn much more favourably in three on Saturday, where he will be ridden by Regan Bayliss.
“He has got a nice draw this time so he should be alright,” Cooksley said. “He usually goes well third-up, so hopefully he does.”
Trust In You’s next target will likely be the Group 3 St Leger (2600m) at Randwick next month, a race he finished fourth in last year before going on to contest the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m).
“He will probably go to the St Leger, but we will just see how he comes through Saturday and go from there,” Cooksley said.
Meanwhile, Cooksley has been pleased with the way stablemate Son of Sun has come through his eighth-place run in the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday and said the Group Three winner will likely return to the Sydney track on Saturday week.
“He has pulled up well and he is going to the Metropolitan (Group 1, 2400m),” Cooksley said.
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