Colour Correct The Railway Knockout
- Friday, 20 November 2009 04:15
The son of High Yield was elevated into the field above Lambton Castle on Monday morning by the Handicapping panel, simply because of his effort in the Peters Stakes.
Colour Correct is now regarded as one of the best roughies in the field, but he still has plenty of negatives along side his name.
Drawing wide in Barrier 17, he is on the quick back following his last start effort and he is meeting all of his rivals on poor weight terms due to his low rating.
Despite the negatives, you can never disregard a Ross Price trained galloper in a Railway Stakes, training two previous winners of the prestigious event, both of which were allocated barrier 17.
Welcome Knight (1992) and Medicine Kid (1990) were Prices' previous Railway Stakes winners and Colour Correct will be looking the make it three when he takes his place on Saturday.
Lucas Camilleri has been booked to ride Colour Correct and the pair teamed up on Thursday morning for his last piece of work before the Group 1 feature.
"Lucas came down and rode him for us on Thursday and his work was very solid. We were concerned about him on the quick back up, but he seems to be his usual bright and bubbly self." Stable foreman Clint Price commented to Perthracing.com.au.
"He's done everything right this week and we are all excited about Saturday's big race. The barrier draw didn't go in our favour, but that's apart of racing and we will deal with that."
Colour Correct will need all the favours to go his way, but he has shown in the past he is more than capable of matching it with the best from WA.
"We are yet to take on the Eastern States horses, but we have competed well enough against the WA horses to suggest he is up to them. It will be a flip of the coin as to whether he gets some cover early, but we will all be keeping our fingers crossed." Price added.
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