A 40m handicap coupled with a junior driver might usually be a recipe that makes punters nervous but trainer Robert Dunn is comfortable with both at Alexandra Park tonight.
Dunn trains rejuvenated mare Yagunnakissmeornot who faces that often prohibitive back mark with young Jack MacKinnon in the sulky tonight, taking over from her recent winning driver Maurice McKendry.
MacKinnon is no novice, his 16 wins for the season placing him sixth on the national junior driver's premiership and second equal among the North Island juniors and boss Dunn has no concerns about the driver change. "Jack knows her well and is a very good young driver as well as being very mature," said Dunn.
"She can be a funny horse to drive and took us a long time to work out because she is vastly better when you drive her with a sit, which Maurice has done brilliantly lately.
"But Jack knows that and in many ways that and her handicap takes any pressure off him because he already knows where he is likely to be and what he needs to do."