Blackiston Racing, Nigel Blackiston. Source: News Limited
NIGEL Blackiston says he will not risk the welfare of his imported galloper Ominous if the Flemington track is too firm tomorrow.
Blackiston, who trains at Flemington, said he would scratch Ominous from the 3200m Andrew Ramsden Stakes if the track, currently rated a Good 3, did not have some give in it.
He feared Melbourne's unseasonally hot conditions at this time of the year warmth, combined with strong winds yesterday, could produce an unsuitable track for Ominous in Flemington's only race, other than the Melbourne Cup, run over 3200m at Flemington.
After successive wins in Adelaide, including the 2500m Port Adelaide Cup, Blackiston was confident of a competitive performance.
"The horse is going really well and racing really well but my only concern is that the track will be too firm," Blackiston said yesterday.
"He can handle most conditions, but we don't want a concrete track for him, that's for sure."
"We've had two weeks of 20 (degrees) plus and the weather has been magnificent but we've had no rain, but they predicting some so I hope we get it."
Blackiston, eyeing the Melbourne Cup with two of his other stayers, Outback Joe and Let's Make Adeal, was not sure whether he'd be able to get the French-bred Ominous into the race for the big race.
"But it would be a dream come true to have three runners in the Cup," he said.
"One would be good. It's very, very hard to get horses qualified."
All three of Blackiston's stayers have passed the balloting clause for the Cup, but at this stage Outback Joe would be higher up the weights and the best chance of gaining a run. They will have to keep winning.
Outback Joe has returned to Blackiston's stable after a short break following his win in the Adelaide Cup in March. Let's Make Adeal will resume training next week after her unplaced run in the Sydney Cup in April.
After arriving in Australia from France after 12 overseas starts, Ominous produced four unspectacular runs in Australia before it was decided to geld the five-year-old. which turned the once wayward bull, with other things on his mind, into a genuine racehorse.
"Two good wins in Adelaide is a bit different to a Melbourne Cup but if he can win again and he has three wins in a row and gets his rating up, there are some good races for him in the Spring Carnival," Blackiston said.
"The Melbourne Cup would be great but if not there some races for him that are more suitable.
"After gelding we gave him a nice break and he came back in great order. He was wayward before that and wouldn't concentrate but now he's a pleasure to have around the stables."
Track manager Mick Goodie said Flemington had received only 2mm of rain since the previous meeting on May 10, when it received 14mm on the day.
He said if there was no rain last night, he would put some irrigation on the track.
"I won't be disappointed if it races a Good 3 and I know some people will say it should be more wintry for this time of the year, but with the weather we've had a Good 3 will rate more like a Dead 4," Goodie said. "I'm more than happy with it."
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