Wairarapa trainer Jim Wallace doesn't expect a winning run from his star galloper Cent Home in Melbourne tomorrow night.
Cent Home resumes a new campaign in the $A250,000 ($314,000) weight-for-age Australia Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.
"I don't expect him to be able to win the race but I do expect him to run well," Wallace said.
"We know he's a decent horse and he has worked up well but I would be more bullish if it was over 1400m.
"It's a question of whether he would be sharp enough over 1200m for horses like Miss Pennymoney.
Cent Home was a stunning first-up winner of the group two $100,000 weight-for-age Mudgway Stakes (1400m) at Hastings last August but Wallace said the horse was not as forward.
"There's also a lot of improvement in him and he's nowhere near as tuned up as he was at Hastings," he said.
"He's been prepared for 2000m but we have to start off somewhere."
Cent Home has not raced since the Mudgway Stakes after being sidelined with a leg sprain.
- NZPA
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