Champion trainer-driver Tony Herlihy is not expecting Bolt For Brilliance to go through the Inter Dominions undefeated.
The Rowe Cup winner is the only New Zealand-trained horse in the pacing or trotting series, and a warm favourite to win the trotting title.
Herlihy is satisfied Bolt for Brilliance is over a recent lung infection, but as the winner of four Interdom Trotting finals, Herlihy is realistic about the demands of the series.
"It is one of the great challenges in harness racing, for both the horse and the people involved," says Herlihy. "The horses have to be tough and the trainers and drivers have to really show their skills.
"I'd love to win every heat and the final but it isn't that easy, particularly in Australia where the locals don't tend to like handing the lead away."