Racing: Veteran on trial for Brisbane campaign

The Peter Moody-trained Annenkov will be on trial for the Brisbane winter carnival when he drops back to handicap conditions at Flemington today.

The 7-year-old entire is not far away from starting his stud career and connections are keen for him to find his spring form which included a close group one third to Gilded Venom and Sniper's Bullet in the Railway Stakes (1600m) in Perth last November.

Since returning to Melbourne, Annenkov has beaten only five horses home in four starts with his most recent effort a ninth to Princess Marizza in the Hayes Memorial Cup (1600m) in Adelaide.

But a stable spokesman said that against moderate opposition today there would no excuses for Annenkov, who will carry 57kg after the 1.5kg claim for apprentice Jarrad Noske in the AGL Renewable Energy Trophy (1620m).

- AAP