By John Schell
Goulburn trainer Danny Williams will reluctantly line up three of his horses against each other at his home track on Thursday when the trio contest the opening event.
Williams will have Manwari, Winning Emotions and Silver Serenade lining up in the Kurrinda Bloodstock Yearlings Available Benchmark 58 Handicap (1100m).
Racing returns to Goulburn on Thursday.Credit: Getty
Williams has engaged Blaike McDougall to ride Manwari, apprentice Dale Cole to partner Winning Emotions, and Pierre Boudvillain to be on pre-post TAB Fixed Odds favourite Silver Serenade.
“Look, it’s not ideal to be running all three good chances against each other,” said Williams.
“But it looks like we have to do it in order to get to where we want to be.”
Williams has aspirations that any, or all three, of the gallopers can get to the Evergreen Turf SERA Country Championships Qualifier (1400m) at the Sapphire Coast on March 1.
“They are three nice horses, but I need to get their ratings up to get them into the Country Championships Qualifier,” said Williams.
“There are a couple of Highways coming up after Thursday that they can run in but I’m hopeful they can all run well at Goulburn.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if they can finish in the first three.”
Manwari has been contesting Highway events of late with a ninth at Randwick before a last in a field of six at Rosehill on a heavy track.
“He was a winner at Goulburn over 1100m back in October and if he can get back to that form, he’ll be hard to hold out.
“Winning Emotions has been racing well with a last-start fourth in good company at Rosehill and he has the talent to run well again.
“And Silver Serenade is lightly raced with five starts to her name and she’s had one win and three third placings.
“She won in good style at Gundagai three starts ago and then was close-up when third at Moruya before she ran a cracker in tougher grade at Rosehill at her latest start.
“She has better things in store and it’d be great to see her running well at Goulburn.”
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