An autumn campaign in Sydney is under consideration for Milo, brilliant winner of the Dunedin Guineas at Wingatui on Saturday.
"I am seriously thinking about taking him to Sydney with Borninthestates, who would go for the Sydney Cup," trainer Michael Pitman said.
"I have ruled out going to Melbourne now that I have lost Coup Align. I am making the premiership my priority."
Pitman leads the premiership on 59, after four wins at the premier meeting on Saturday.
Owner Ray Coupland will transfer Coup Align to Mark Walker in Singapore after the Waikato Sprint at Te Rapa next Saturday. Pitman said he was disappointed.
He was keen to take Coup Align to Singapore for the KrisFlyer Sprint (1200m) on May 22 before the horse changed stables.
Milo settled last in a field of 16, looped the field to lead at the 150m and won by three lengths.
"The plan was to ride him mid-field but he had no pace early.
"Michael told me to ride him as the best horse in the field, so I went round them on the corner and he won easily.
"He will keep on improving," David Walsh, the rider of Milo, said.
His next start is the Southland Guineas (1600m) on February 19, when a win would reap his Otautau owners, John and Evelyn Carran, a $100,000 bonus, payable to the winner of the Gore, Dunedin and Southland Guineas, providing 10 horses start in the final leg.
Pitman trained the first three home in the Dunedin Guineas and his team should go a long way to ensuring sufficient starters.
Fritzy Boy won the three races in 2008, but the bonus was not paid when eight horses started in the Southland Guineas.
Milo earned a $21,000 TBS bonus on Saturday, complementing the $28,125 first prize.
Pitman has also won the Dunedin Guineas with Princeton Bay (1996), Just Tommy (1990) and Pronto King (1983).
The day started badly for Pitman when one of the two trucks he used for transporting horses to Wingatui broke down between his Waikouaiti base and Dunedin.
His other truck had to return to pick up seven horses and the other truck was towed back to Waikouaiti.
Coup Tagonal and Coup Ay Tee won maiden races for the stable on Saturday.
Pitman bought Coup Tagonal for $20,000 at a Magic Millions sale in Brisbane. The 3-year-old is out of a sister to Lonhro.
Coup Ay Tee, named for the Brisbane racing commentator Alan Thomas, was bred by Ray Coupland out of Flying Coup, who won the 2002 Canterbury Belle Stakes. He has since sold the mare to Curraghmore Stud.
Racing: Milo provides winning tonic for Pitman
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