It is not often the words American diet sound very healthy. But that could see trotting superstar Speeding Spur back in the winner's circle for the first time in over nine months at Cambridge on Sunday.
To most humans a modern day American diet sounds like a fast track to buying some bigger clothes courtesy of super-sized meals and small vats of soda.
But when it comes to training harness horses, in the US they believe less is more and that is the new plan for Speeding Spur.
The best trotter racing in Australasia now that his arch rival Monbet is sidelined with another injury, Speeding Spur returned from his own setbacks with a huge second to Temporale in the Lyell Creek Stakes at Alexandra Park on Friday.
That showed he is right on target for his first major summer aim, the National Trot at Alexandra Park on December 31, but co-trainer John Dickie says Speeding Spur will now also head to Cambridge for the Flying Mile on Sunday.