AMELIAS DANCER MAKES WINNING DEBUT

It is not often that a first up winner impresses me as much as the win of AMELIAS DANCER at Pinjarra a couple of weeks ago. The horse has always been somewhat of a dunce throughout his two or three preparations so far, however he has shown when he puts his mind on the job that he does possess some ability. From the day I broke the horse in at Amelia Park some time ago I have to say that a first up win was not what I was expecting.

AMELIAS DANCER showed that his first up win was no fluke by running an equally good second up run at Ascot last Saturday and when this horse matures and puts it all together I am confident he will become a bit better than average. He is a big leggy horse who stands at a shade under 17 hands but still lacks some real body strength.

AMELIAS DANCER will step out over 1600m at Ascot this weekend where he will take on older horses. This may seem like a big step up in class however I am sure that this horse will run better races in better company where races are run at a more genuine tempo. We will assess his performance this weekend before we decide how much more we do with him for this campaign.