Don’t Give A Damn in frame for Highway

Danny Williams is looking for a change of luck in his next Highway Handicap experience at Rosehill.

The Goulburn trainer has had little of it in photo-finishes in his past two forays to town for the races restricted to country horses.

Don’t Give A Damn, the $2.25 TAB favourite for Saturday’s 1500-metre Highway, was the first hard luck story when Suncraze prevailed by a half-head on September 9 and seven days later She Knows was pipped by a nose by Larlabrook.

“We thought we won both, both jockeys, everyone,” Williams said.

“We celebrated after the (She Knows) race when we went past the winning post. It’s not a very good feeling.”

Williams was confident Don’t Give A Damn could make it third time lucky after he bounced back well from his narrow defeat over 1200m.

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“I think he’s come out of his Rosehill run better than he came out of his (debut) Goulburn run,” he said.

“He’s taken improvement.”

Williams said the four-year-old had already improved dramatically after he had issues with the barriers before he started his racing career on September 1.

“We did a fair bit of work on him and he’s come a long way. He was nervous and had quite a bit of anxiety,” he said.

He’s not as feisty now,.

“He’s certainly a promising horse.”