Craig Newitt rides Oakleigh Girl during a barrier trial at Warick Farm. Picture: Mark Evans Source: Mark Evans / News Corp Australia
TRAINER Danny Bougoure is making an audacious bid for Golden Slipper glory with Oakleigh Girl at Rosehill Gardens today.
Oakleigh Girl is going into the $3.5 million race without a lead-up run for 84 days — and no two-year-old has ever had such a long break between runs and won the big race.
Sebring holds that record, having won the 2008 Golden Slipper after a seven-week gap between runs.
Bougoure admitted the wet track conditions will make Oakleigh Girl's bid for a historic Slipper win even more difficult.
"If he track is on the worst side of slow to heavy that is when (the lack of) match practice comes in,'' Bougoure said.
The trainer also conceded he is unsure how his filly will handle the wet track as she has never started on a surface worse than a dead 4 in her short race career.
Oakleigh Girl, Ridden by Michael Cahill, wins at Doomben. Picture: Steve Pohlner Source: News Limited
"I've seen her once on a wet track and that was in the Rosehill trial (last month) and she never put a foot wrong but under race conditions things can change.''
But Bougoure retains a quiet air of confidence that he has Oakleigh Girl primed for the Golden Slipper.
Oakleigh Girl has raced only four times for two wins but has not started since her close second to Unencumbered in the Magic Millions back on January 11.
Bougoure, best known as the trainer of former champion sprinter Falvelon, said Oakleigh Girl had given her all in the Magic Millions and his initial thought was to send her for a long spell.
"She had a long preparation and a couple of really hard runs at the tail end of that and after the Magic Millions it looked like she really had enough,'' Bougoure said.
Unencumbered, ridden by late jockey Nathan Berry, edges out Oakleigh Girl (left) in the Magic Millions on the Gold Coast. Picture: Richard Gosling Source: News Limited
"I sent her for a spell and after two weeks she had put on 28kg. Then after another week, she had put another 10kg she was doing so well.
"So we thought let's bring her back in and give her a go towards the Golden Slipper.''
Bougoure has given Oakleigh Girl two barrier trials going into today's big race and feels the filly is fit and ready to run well.
"I think she is almost the forgotten filly,'' Bougoure said.
"She hasn't had a run for a while and people are like that with two-year-olds if you don't seem them race before a big event.
"If there had been a 1000m race or an 1100 race we could squeeze in we would have done that but there were no suitable races.
Trainer Danny Bougoure has an exciting filly in Oakleigh Girl. Picture: Glenn Hampson Source: News Limited
"Her two trials have been good and her work on Tuesday was excellent. Craig (Newitt) was unavailable to ride her trackwork so Nash (Rawiller) helped me out and he was very happy with her gallop.
"I think she's where we need to have her so hopefully we have done the right thing.''
Oakleigh Girl has dazzling gate speed and Bougoure believes the barrier draw which has her starting from gate 10 will be advantageous.
"In the context of the race I think she has drawn ideally,'' the trainer continued.
"All the pace is drawn outside of her and I'm hard pressed to see anything try and lead her.
"We could cross and lead or then perhaps get a nice trail.''
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