GUYNO READY AND SET TO GO ON SATURDAY

My tough little mate GUYNO has done everything asked of him since arriving in Adelaide and I am looking forward to assessing his performance over there on Saturday. GUYNO travelled across to Adelaide the day after his Mornington Cup win and settled in well in his new surroundings. My son who was in Melbourne for the yearling sales, travelled over to Adelaide on Monday evening to give the horse his final fast workout on the inside grass track at Morphetville on Tuesday morning. Dion has done most of the fast work on the horse over the past few seasons and he reported to me that the horse felt good and finished off his work strongly. I am looking forward to catching up with the horse when I get across there for Saturdays race.

At this stage the field looks to be small but with plenty of quality including the last start Melbourne winner King Diamond and the smart mare from Victoria, Maunatrice, which has won her last four starts at Morphetville. GUYNO has drawn the inside barrier and has top wight of 56kg under the set weights with penalties conditions of Saturdays race. I am not convinced that the inside barrier is of any assistance to him however it is better than the outside I guess.

It is never easy to assess just how much work a horse needs between runs when they have been up for as long as what this guy has and when they have covered as many miles getting there. I would have to say that I would be regarded as being fairly easy on my horses as far as how hard we work them is concerned however since arriving in Adelaide, the horse has had a very easy time of it. I am confident that we haven't overdone it with this horse but the truth is we wont know until after the race on Saturday.

If GUYNO can run up to the form he has displayed at any of his last few runs, he would have to be a real chance on Saturday. All going well it will then be on to the Adelaide Cup over 3200m. Go GUYNO!!!