Everything suggests Didntcostalot will be perfectly suited to the short straight and sharp turns of Moonee Valley in Saturday's McEwen Stakes.
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He won well at his Victorian debut last month, trainer Marc Conners says he galloped well there this week, and he loves doing his racing from in front.
The problem is he's up against a field of Moonee Valley specialists this weekend.
Well fancied pair Bel Sprinter and Golden Archer have both won their only starts at the track.
Mick Price's Stratcombe has raced their two times for a win and a minor placing while Snitzem and even the unfancied Umgeton have both won their twice.
“Even though it's not a true Group One weight for age, they're a pretty even bunch,” Conners said.
“There's three or four other horses in the race that are Moonee Valley specialists. I reckon there's half a dozen chances in the race out of the nine runners.”
Saturday's run in the McEwen is Didntcostalot's second in a three-race program for Conners.
The plan began very well when resuming at Sandown in mid-week metro grade last start.
After Saturday's run he'll head back to Sydney and begin preparing for next month's Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield.
“The other day at Sandown was all part of the plan towards this start and next start,” Conners said.
“He went fantastic. He's had the run around this way of going and we took him to Moonee Valley on Tuesday and he galloped beautiful.”
