Trio Of Cups On Davcon's Radar
- Sunday, 06 December 2009 04:30
The Heath Conners-trained Davcon will have his consistency rewarded with multiple trips to Tasmania this summer for a series of Cup races.
Conners said the five-year-old would try to make amends for last year's second in the Lord Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield on Boxing Day before attacking the first of three Tasmanian Cups races at Devonport over 1800 metres on January 6.
He will cross Bass Strait again for the Hobart Cup (2200m) on February 8 and the Launceston Cup (2400m) on February 24.
Davcon passed a crucial test last start when he was a gallant third to Itstheone in the Ballarat Cup on November 18 over 2200 metres.
Previously this campaign he had finished a close fourth to Mandela in the Seymour Cup (1600m) and sixth to Offenders in the Sale Cup (1600m).
"He is just honest every time he goes around," Conners said.
Conners added that Davcon may have been unlucky not to have picked up a Cup during the spring with the tempo of the races working against him at Sale and Seymour.
"He's a horse you can't ride forward and they went slow in both those race which affected his chances," Conners said.
Conners said a freshen up for the Lord Stakes would provide the right lead-in to the Tasmanian races.
Last year Davcon unleashed a powerful finish from near-last to finish second to Just Look in the Caulfield feature.
Davcon has four wins and eight placings from 29 starts and has earned more than $300,000 in prizemoney.
A significant percentage of his earnings ($120,000) has come from his 11 stakes race starts which have included two seconds and two thirds.
"Tasmania is going to suit him and it won't matter what kind of track he gets," Conners said.
"There is usually a bit of cut out of the ground down there which will be perfect but he has won on good to heavy."
Conners had past success in Tasmania when Con's Amy won the 2006 Bow Mistress Trophy.
