12 November 2020 | Ken Casellas
Experienced five-year-old One For Dave Andme has a modest eight per cent winning record, but his young trainer Corey Peterson is confident he will be hard to beat, second-up, when he starts from the No. 2 barrier in the 2536m Trevor Itzstein Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
“He worked pretty good at Byford this morning (Tuesday) when he was nice and sharp and ran his final quarter in 27.4sec.,” Peterson said.
One For Dave Andme resumed after a spell when sixth behind Headline Act at Gloucester Park on Tuesday of last week. “They came home in 56.4sec. and he was held up for a clear run,” Peterson said.
Peterson, who drove One For Dave Andme to a notable victory over up-and-coming star To Fast To Serious in the John Higgins Memorial two starts ago, on July 24, has decided not to handle the gelding this week, with the drive going to Kim Prentice.
Peterson has opted to travel to Bunbury on Friday night where he will have a drive in seven of the eight events, with Join The Que (race four) and Rollsoffthetongue (race six) having excellent winning prospects.
“One For Dave Andme should be able to lead from barrier two,” Peterson said. “But it will be up to Kim to decide on tactics. Roman Aviator drops in class and should be hard to beat.”
Another horse who looks sure to be prominent is ten-year-old Sokys Big Bullet, who will start from barrier seven with Chris Voak in the sulky. Sokys Big Bullet impressed last Friday week when he settled down in tenth and last position before starting a three-wide move 1150m from home and finishing second to the fast-finishing Rocknroll Whitby.
“His latest run was very good, and I thought he was pretty unlucky,” said trainer Giles Inwood. “He had to do all the work and the mile rate (1.55.6) was pretty slick. I think we will go back at the start. He used to be a noted breeze horse, but I think he goes better when you sit him up.”
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