Veteran Te Awamutu owner-trainer Jim Mouat claims he has never considered quitting racing despite going seven years without preparing a winner.
Mouat, aged 73, had been away from the winners' enclosure since 1994 until Danzapride broke through for a maiden win at Ellerslie on June 4.
The same horse backed up three weeks later to win at Tauranga, and if the picket fence line extends to three at Trentham tomorrow then there is every chance the four-year-old will return a week later to contest the $35,000 listed Whyte Handicap (1600m).
"I don't see any reason why he should carry 57kg on the second day when he can run around with 52kg," Mouat said.
"But that is next week. First things first - we've got a horse against us on Saturday [Revolution] who I don't think 57kg will worry too much. I'd sooner see him with 61kg - then we might be able to make a race of it."
The Jim Campin-trained Revolution is unbeaten in three starts and the tussle with the vastly-improved Danzapride in the special conditions Lion Brown 1400 promises to be one of the day's highlights.
Mouat and Danzapride arrived at Trentham on Wednesday with the spritely trainer singing ragtime and the horse slightly lame with a stone bruise.
- NZPA
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