A horse who was a maiden when Copy That won the New Zealand Cup nine months ago could rain on his parade at Alexandra Park tonight.
Old Town Road has won only five races compared with Copy That's 24 victories but their workout performances last week and handicaps tonight suggest Old Town Road can beat the pacer in their 2200m clash.
Copy That downed Self Assured and South Coast Arden in the Cup at Addington but fractured a leg bone in Victoria the following month so will be having his first start in eight months in race eight.
He looked forward enough to resume but was outpointed by Old Town Road in their workout at Pukekohe last week, and while Old Town Road had a head start on him then, he gets the same tonight.
Old Town Road looked sharper than Copy That last week, sprinting away from him at the top of the straight.