Youngsters to give Matt Dunn a consolation

Trainer Matt Dunn will be chasing a stable consolation at Doomben with two unraced horses.

Trainer Matt Dunn was shattered when forced to withdraw The Kosciuszko favourite Care To Think but he is a chance of some consolation with his younger brigade at Doomben.

Dunn scratched Care To Think from the $1.3 million Randwick race on Wednesday morning when the gelding was found to have a high temperature.

“Of course it was a hard decision but he is a genuine Group One horse and we couldn’t risk him on a trip from Murwillumbah to Sydney,” Dunn said.

“I had been happy with him and he had trialled well at Ballina. But he was race favourite and we had a responsibility to have him at his best.”

“We will give him a break and we can look at the Magic Millions carnival and then the autumn and winter.”

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Dunn is watching the weather closely for Saturday’s Doomben meeting where he has promising juveniles Cubix and Ready To Party as acceptors.

“They have trialled well but there is a lot of rain predicted. They are ready to race so we will just have to see,” Dunn said.

Cubix who won a barrier trial at the Gold Coast is by freshman sire Rubick while Ready To Party, a recent Doomben barrier trial winner, is by top sire More Than Ready.

Dunn will still have a Kosciuszko runner in Snitz who has pleased him since running third first up in a blanket finish at Doomben two weeks ago.

“I always planned to have him at his best second up so he is ready to go.”