Adrian Bott will decide after trackwork on Tuesday if Golden Gift winner Revengeance makes his comeback in the The Rosebud, or is given another barrier trial ahead of his return.
The youngster will be nominated for Saturday’s Listed Rosehill sprint but whether he’s paid up to run will hinge on his fitness levels after he gallops during the week.
“He’ll be nominated, but it’s whether he runs there or whether we lean towards a trial and go to the San Domenico Stakes as a kick off,” Bott said.
“We will probably make a call on Tuesday morning before acceptances. We’ll see the nominations, and get a gauge off his work there on Tuesday.
“He’s come back well. Either way, he’ll be better suited once he gets up to 1400 and a mile. He’s going to be that style of horse this ‘prep’, but he will try to head towards a Golden Rose.”
Third in the Breeders’ Plate (1000m) on debut last October, Revengeance took out the Golden Gift (1100m) at his second start and was among the early Golden Slipper fancies.
However, shortly after it was discovered he had bone chips in a knee and he underwent surgery, ruling him out of the autumn.
The colt has trialled twice ahead of his return and if he doesn’t line up at Rosehill, he will step out in another Randwick trial this Friday before resuming in the San Domenico Stakes (1100m) on August 29.
Stablemate and Silver Slipper Stakes runner-up Eviction Notice will also be entered for The Rosebud (1100m).
He has placed in two return runs over the winter and would take a fitness edge into the three-year-old feature.
“Eviction Notice might be a lighter weight chance in the race. He would have the advantage of being fit as he’s had a couple of runs,” Bott said.
