I’ll Have Another charged from behind to beat Bodemeister by 1-1/2 lengths two weeks ago at Churchill Downs to give himself a chance at becoming the first horse since 1978 to sweep US horse racing’s Triple Crown.

Not since Affirmed did so 34 years ago has a horse completed the treble by sweeping the Derby, the Preakness and next month’s Belmont Stakes in New York.

Bodemeister was made the early favorite, in part because the Preakness is the shortest of the Triple Crown races.

I’ll Have Another ran only three times last year before suffering a shin injury last September.

He did not run again until February this year at Santa Anita and then earned a trip to Kentucky by winning April’s Santa Anita Derby.

The starting order for the Preakness has Tiger Walk starting from the inside rail following outward in order by Teeth Of The Dog, Pretension, Zetterholm, Went The Day Well, Creative Cause, Bodemeister, Daddy Nose Best, I’ll Have Another, Optimizer and Cozzetti.

John Gosden’s filly was having just her third start having run a respectable fourth in the 1000 Guineas 10 days earlier.

She was struck into on that occasion but the damage was only superficial, allowing her wound to heal in time for her to gain valuable experience in the recognised Oaks trial.

However, all the pre-race talk was about Aidan O’Brien’s Twirl, one of a strong contingent of Classic fillies from Ballydoyle this season.

Twirl ended up being sent off the 5-6 favourite allowing The Fugue to start at odds of 15-8 but William Buick was sitting pretty at the two-furlong (400m) marker while Joseph O’Brien was already asking his mount to quicken.

When Buick pressed the button, The Fugue stretched 4-1/2 lengths clear and is now 7-2 favourite (from 12-1) with Coral for the Classic. Betfred and Boylesports are biggest at 5s.

“The better ground has made a big difference to her,” said Gosden.

“She’s a lovely filly and she was unlucky in the Guineas when she was struck into.

“All being well she’ll run at Epsom now, but she wouldn’t want it soft. In case it is, we’ll also leave her in the French Oaks.

“She’s got little ballerina feet that sunk at Newmarket so we just hope it’s not soft at Epsom.

“If Aidan’s horse hadn’t run you could have questioned the form, but they really like her and she was heavily backed.”

The Belgian jockey told Paris-Turf he lacked “chemistry” with the Christophe Ferland-trained three-year-old who won two Group Ones for Frankie Dettori in an unbeaten juvenile campaign.

Soumillon has twice been out of luck aboard Dabirsim who finished sixth in the French Classic at the weekend after he encountered desperate trouble in running.

“I called the owner Simon Springer on Tuesday morning and I explained to him that I would prefer not to ride Dabirsim anymore,” Soumillon said.

“I have gone over my two rides on him and I don’t think I’ve made any big mistakes but you have to look at the facts.

“For some reason which I can’t explain, I don’t seem to get on with the colt.

“I’m not superstitious but the results speak for themselves. The chemistry isn’t there between us.

“Regarding the horse and his connections, I think it’s best for me to step aside and hope that the next jockey can help him rediscover his sparkle.”

Ferland is in no rush to make any firm decisions about who will ride Dabirsim on his next racecourse appearance.

“There are plenty of able riders and the horse is not going to be running very soon, so we have some time to make a decision,” he said.

The French trainer admits his charge is not 100 per cent after his luckless weekend run and is keen to give him time before deciding on his next target which could still be the July Cup at Newmarket.

“The horse is just all right after his run on Sunday,” Ferland said.

“There are plenty of options for him. There is the July Cup, the Prix Jean Prat and the Prix Maurice de Gheest.”

Shinn reserved his plea then said he would consider his options in regard to an appeal after Racing NSW stewards charged him over two incidents in the back straight in the Thai Chay Handicap (1900m) aboard Halfwaytolondon.

Stewards were satisfied Brenton Avdulla on Glenstal Abbey had established a run to the outside of the leader Signoret’s heels entering the back straight.

They found that Shinn, who came from behind and to the outside of Avdulla, twice directed his mount inwards towards Avdulla’s horse in an attempt to pocket him, placing Avdulla in a dangerous position.

It was the first time since Shinn started his career in 2003 that he has been charged with improper riding.

“In terms of Blake Shinn’s riding style, it’s not something I can recall seeing from you since you’ve been in Sydney,” senior steward Greg Rudolph said to Shinn.

“I disagree,” Shinn replied.

“I’m a very competitive rider and I ride competitive all the time. Obviously I’ve misjudged it slightly here and I’ve got it wrong.

“I’m not going to stop riding the way I am, I’ve just got to address certain issues with my riding in some areas.”

The two gallopers made contact up to eight times down the back straight.

Avdulla was noticeably upset when returning to scale and even told stewards he thought what happened was “absolutely disgusting” when giving his evidence.

Shinn’s suspension is set to start after Sunday’s Randwick meeting and he is free to resume riding on July 2.

Shinn won the Melbourne Cup aboard Viewed in 2008 and was a Sydney premiership winner in season 2007/08.

He served a 12-month disqualification from November 2010 for betting on races and returned to the saddle late last year.

His suspension rules him out of the rest of the Brisbane winter carnival.

Shinn’s week was soured at Canterbury on Wednesday when he was suspended for six weeks on an improper riding charge with the penalty to begin after he rides this weekend.

Despite the setback, Shinn is looking forward to Scone where has a strong book of mounts.

Upbeat, one of three stakeswinners set to contest the $500,000 Inglis 3YO Guineas (1400m), has been installed third favourite at $9.50 with TAB Sportsbet.

Gosford Guineas winner Pampelonne is the $2.50 elect just ahead of Phar Lap Stakes winner Colorado Claire at $3.40.

The Guineas is the feature race on the final day of the two-day Scone Cup carnival along with the Listed $200,000 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) for fillies and mares.

Shinn won the Group Two Autumn Classic (1800m) on the Anthony Cummings-trained Upbeat in February and is looking forward to partnering him in the race on Saturday.

“He’s resuming off a little let-up and trialled very well at Warwick Farm the other day,” Shinn said.

“He’s a good quality horse that’s obviously won at Group Two level.

“It’s quite a strong race with Pampelonne and Colorado Claire in there but apart from that there doesn’t appear to be really much depth.

“He appears to be one of the hardest to beat and he couldn’t be in any better shape going into the race.”

The Scone Inglis Guineas was introduced three years ago and last year was staged at the club’s inaugural stand-alone Saturday meeting.

Shinn was serving a 12-month disqualification when the two-day Scone Cup carnival was held last year but he is looking forward to hopefully making his presence felt this time around.

“I saw the carnival on TV (last year) and I’m looking forward to getting there,” Shinn said.

“There’s some great prizemoney on offer and it looked a great atmosphere.”

In the Dark Jewel, Shinn will team with Potions for the Patinack Farm team.

Potions was a fast-finishing third in the Listed Darley Crown (1300m) at Hawkesbury last start won by the Gai Waterhouse-trained More Strawberries.

More Strawberries is the equal $4.40 favourite for the Dark Jewel along with last year’s winner Shannara, while Potions is at $13.

“She’s going very well and her run at Hawkesbury was excellent,” Shinn said of Potions.

“She’s got no weight on her back (54kg) and the Scone track is going to suit her. It looks a great race for her.”

Shinn’s rides also include Motspur for Kris Lees in the Prydes Easifeed Quality Hcp (1100m).

The Rob Heathcote-trained speedster was the pre-post favourite for last Saturday’s BTC Cup but was scratched after failing to recover from a stone bruise.

However, Heathcote is confident Buffering will be right for the 1350 metre weight-for-age feature on Saturday week and has paid up for him to run.

Stablemate and Oakleigh Plate winner Woorim is also among the entries along with BTC Cup winner Sea Siren for John O’Shea.

There are 22 horses still in the mix for the Doomben 10,000 including last year’s winner Beaded, the Tony Gollan-trained pair of Temple Of Boom and Spirit of Boom and Albert The Fat for Chris Waller.

Final acceptances for the race will be taken next Wednesday.

The Cranbourne trainer, who was devastated when Cox Plate victor Pinker Pinker died suddenly following a routine injection several weeks ago, said he was looking forward to the spring with younger horses such as Love For Ransom, Force Command and Hosting.

“We certainly hit a flat spot losing the mare,” Eurell said.

“That’s one thing about this caper, you never know what’s going to happen.”

Love For Ransom, sent out a $4.20 chance in the Coates Hire Plate (1200m) and ridden by Chris Symons, scored by a half-length from Jacaranda Avenue with Alzora a short-neck away third.

“She certainly shows some ability. Every time she has come in and gone out she has always improved,” Eurell said of the Red Ransom filly.

“I think what we see is good but I’m looking forward to when she’s three-years-old.

“She may have one more run before she goes to the paddock. I’ll just wait and see how she comes through this race.”

Raced by breeder Valda Klaric along with Ivan Cajkusic, Love For Ransom is a half-sister to provincial winner and city placed Zuckerberg.

Her grand-dam is 1992 AJC Oaks winner My Brilliant Star.

Symons said when Love For Ransom missed the start he had to resort to plan B.

“But I wanted to be there on the turn so I had to make a move,” Symons said.

“She got there quick and I just held her together and I was always confident she was going to let go.

“She loves the wet which really helped.”

Betrayal stepped out for his second start in the Airr Handicap (1250m) at Canterbury on Wednesday and led all the way as a short-priced favourite.

His two-length victory prompted TAB Sportsbet to trim the colt’s price to $6 for the TJ Smith (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 9, behind favourite Sizzling at $2.80.

Waterhouse said she would let the dust settle before deciding what to do with Betrayal.

“I just don’t know, I’ll let the dust settle and talk to Denise (Martin from Star Thoroughbreds),” Waterhouse said.

“He could even be a chance of going north to Brisbane but let’s see how the form is out of this race.

“His improvement from his first start to today has been a quantum leap and he’s an exciting horse.

“It’s not impossible (for him to go to the TJ Smith) but I’ll just have a look in the next week or so. They can either go one way or the other.

“If he was to win a race like that he would be a valuable colt.”

Waterhouse continued to apply pressure to leader Chris Waller in the race for the Sydney trainers’ premiership with an early double courtesy of Battant and Betrayal.

Her pair of winners moved her to 91 Sydney wins for the season and briefly pegged Waller’s lead back to four before Waller notched his 96th Sydney winner this term with Miss Milanese.

Waller then had to settle for a dead-heat in the sixth event when More Rocco lunged late to finish locked with the Paul Perry-trained Kirinata on the line.

“He did a bit of work being three-wide the entire trip and still finished the race off well,” Waller said of More Rocco.

“Half a win might come in handy at the end of the season.”

Waller snapped a run of 41 outs with Miss Milanese’s victory which included seconds to Waterhouse-trained runners in the opening two races on Wednesday.

“We’ve had a lot of placings of late and you get a bit frustrated but the team is doing a great job,” Waller said.

“They are turning them out in good condition and that’s all you can ask for. Eventually the winners will start to stream through.”

The six year-old, a forgotten horse at $26 with TAB Sportsbet for Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes, has contested nearly half of his 46 career runs in the past six months.

The Ramsden will be his 21st start this campaign, which began on November 3 last year and has resulted in him racing almost 43,000 metres.

With so many kilometres in his legs he more than satisfies the time-honoured 10,000 metres Bart Cummings requires for his horses heading into the 3200 metres of a Melbourne Cup.

High Kingczar is one of only two horses trained by accountant Michael Ryan, who is looking for his biggest pay day at Flemington on Saturday.

The gelding’s last start third behind Dame Claire and Almodovar over 2800 metres at Flemington two weeks ago was a super trial for the Ramsden.

High Kingczar meets both gallopers 2kg better on Saturday and he was strong at the end of 3000 metres when beaten a long neck at Moonee Valley on March 12.

“He’s out of a Jeune mare and if he’s better at the 3200 metres, which we hope, he should be right in the finish on Saturday,” Ryan said.

He said that despite his long campaign, High Kingczar appeared to be improving.

“He’s incredibly consistent and just loves racing,” Ryan said.

“He shows no signs of stress and he probably looks better now than he did a month ago.

“He looks fantastic.”

During his past 20 starts, High Kingczar has posted consecutive wins at Mornington and Kilmore in January while also registering placings at Bendigo, Moonee Valley, Sale (twice), Werribee, Bendigo and Flemington.

The Ramsden would be his first city victory and the $90,000 winner’s cheque would nearly double his prizemoney earnings during a career which has featured six wins and 10 minor placings.

Former New Zealander Maythehorsebemagic ($3.30) is the Ramsden favourite despite disappointing when eighth in the Warrnambool Cup.

Prior to that he scored a four-length win at his Australian debut at Caulfield on April 9.

Almodovar ($4), jumper Kirribilli Gold ($5) – a six-length winner on the flat at Sandown last week, Streaky Fella ($6.50) and Dame Claire ($7.50) are others prominent in the market.

Three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Glen Boss will partner 86-start maiden Vote For Lust at the Mildura Cup meeting on Sunday.

Best known for his association with champion mare Makybe Diva who he rode to three successive Melbourne Cup victories, Boss has taken five rides at Mildura including the Mick Price-trained Faster Son in the feature Mildura Cup (1400m).

But getting Vote For Lust home a winner in the 1800m maiden is likely to be too great a challenge even for Boss.

In a desperate attempt to break one of the longest losing streaks in Australian racing history, Boss has been engaged to ride the John Castleman-trained nine-year-old.

Vote For Lust is sponsored by wagering operator Betfair which also has a sponsorship agreement with the Mildura Racing Club.

“I am really excited about heading to Mildura on Sunday. Vote For Lust has developed a cult following and if my involvement can help the Mildura Club on their annual Cup day, that’s fantastic,” Boss said.

Betfair’s media and communications manager Mathew Thompson said the sponsorship of Vote For Lust had generated a lot of interest.

“I am staggered by the groundswell of public support for Vote For Lust since we started our sponsorship in January,” Thompson said.

“He’s a horse that typifies the notion of the Aussie battler and we are proud to have played a part in highlighting this great racing story.”

Castleman is rapt to have the world-renowned Boss in the saddle and hasn’t yet given up on his horse.

“I know it’s his 87th start but he’s cherry-ripe for Cup day and I reckon the old boy has a hoof on the till,” Castleman said.

Mildura Race Club CEO Aaron Garvie says the appearances of Boss and Vote For Lust will be a significant drawcard.

Vote For Lust, who ran last at Swan Hill at his race debut in December 2005, has been placed 10 times and earned $21,532.

He has been unplaced at his past 12 starts.