Leading trainer Jeff Britton rates Do It as the best chance of his and partner Angela Langton’s imposing seven-strong raiding party heading to Angle Park for Thursday night’s Group 1 TAB Adelaide Cup heats.
Britton, who won the Adelaide Cup in 2011 with Mepunga Nicky, and Langton will have runners in each of the six heats.
Their seven Cup contenders, in race order, are; Mepunga Warrior (heat 1, box 8), Weblec Jet (heat 2, box 7), Keep It Black (heat 3, box 1), Mr. Fix It (heat 4, box 3), Weblec Blazer (heat 4, box 4), Do It (heat 5, box 1) and Tyler Durden (heat 6, box 2).
All gained experience at the newly revamped Angle Park 530m circuit last Thursday in either the Match Race Challenge, won by superstar Aston Rupee, to gain automatic entry into next Friday’s Cup Final (October 8), other races or trials.
Weblec Blazer won his match race in 30.15sec to run second overall to Aston Rupee (29.95sec), while Weblec Jet’s 30.32sec match victory saw him finish in fourth place.
Keep It Black’s 30.31sec trial was the quickest of the Anakie kennel’s Cup aspirants, with little separating Mr. Fix It (30.44sec), Do It (30.47sec) and Tyler Durden (30.47sec).
“They’re going back over to Adelaide with a courier on Thursday. Neville Loechel, who has the ‘Weblec’ dogs, will take them to the track and then send them back home with the courier on Friday,” Britton explained.
“I was a bit disappointed in most of them last week, but in saying that, some got lost and others were short of a run because of a virus we had here. Some of the dogs hadn’t raced for a month.
“A dog like Do It hadn’t had a trial since his last race (August 19). Whether he improves enough this week I’m not sure, but if he can qualify for the final he’ll be a lot better the following week.”