Racing: Veteran in good form for Wyong Gold Cup

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Stephen Farley expects Gazza Guru's knack for producing his best in the early part of the spring to help the veteran's cause in the A$150,000 ($174,000) Wyong Gold Cup today.

"Season after season he performs at this time of the year in Wyong Cups and Newcastle Cups," Farley said.

Gazza Guru will be racing in his fourth successive Wyong Gold Cup and his results are improving as he gets older.

He finished sixth in 2010 and third in 2011 before he was a victim of interference when beaten in a photo by Julienas in 2012.

"Last year he got squeezed up but it wasn't the winner who got him, it was the horse which finished third," Farley said. "He couldn't get a run when it mattered."

Gazza Guru was beaten by a head by Julienas last year and the nine-year-old goes into today's edition in form which is arguably better than it was 12 months ago.

"He doesn't know his age because we don't tell him," Farley said.

- AAP