The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are excited at the prospects of seeing their impressive debut winner Daggers back in action at Moonee Valley.
Successful over 1300m at Sandown earlier in the month, Daggers lines up in the Brooks Running AU Plate (1200m) on Saturday.
Busuttin said he did not want to get too excited after winning a maiden on debut, but he has a lot of hope for the future with Daggers.
“It’s springtime and we’ll see where he lies and he’s come on since that race,” Busuttin said.
“He knows he’s a colt and he hasn’t been the easiest horse all the way through, but it was noticeable after that race that he’s calmed down a bit.
“He’s drawn one and it’s hard not to get excited about him, but we’ll go bust or boom the further we get into the spring.
“We look forward to going there on Saturday and he hasn’t taken a step back, so hopefully we take that step up.”
Busuttin said the stable would get a better idea of where Daggers may head after Saturday.
Being a half-brother to Muramasa, it would be logical to suggest Daggers would stretch out a little further in trip,
But Daggers is a son of I Am Invincible and may be best suited to a shorter course which is why the colt is coming back in trip on Saturday.
“This race fits in nicely,” Busuttin said.
“It’s two-and-a-half weeks since his maiden win over 1300 (metres) and there’s plenty of time in the spring to step him up in trip if he’s not as sharp and they go a bit quick for him.
“The mare, she ran second in a Golden Rose, even though she was by High Chaparral, and because we’ve got the half-brother Muramasa, you get that in your head, but he was by Deep Impact, while this one’s by I Am Invincible, so they’re completely different.
“We’ll find out more about on Saturday and I’m looking forward to it.”
Daggers has just six opponents to contend with on Saturday following the scratching of Zestiman and Wolfgang and will be ridden Luke Currie who was aboard in the colt’s debut win at Sandown.