The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young -trained Forgot You will make his reappearance at Caulfield following a second long lay-off through injury.
Forgot You lines up in the Thoroughbred Club of Australia Handicap (1400m) on Saturday, his first run since March last year.
The rising seven-year-old spent his four-year-old year on the sidelines with a suspensory injury and his most recent break was the result of a similar problem, but this time on his other leg.
While sidelined, Forgot You was gelded and Young said she was looking forward to seeing the former Group 1 performer back at the races on Saturday.
As a three-year-old, Forgot You won the Group 2 The Vase at Moonee Valley and ran in both the Victoria Derby and the Australian Derby.
He also contested the Caulfield Guineas, the Australian Guineas and Rosehill Guineas and in a bid to win that illusive Group 1, the then entire raced in Perth during the summer of 2023.
“We took him to Perth in search of a Group 1 in the hope of maybe making him a stallion, but it didn’t quite go to plan,” Young said.
“So, in his lay-off we gelded him.”
Young explained Forgot You tweaked a suspensory after running fifth at Flemington last March and underwent a rehabilitation program under the guidance of Lee Evison.
Since being back at the Cranbourne stables of his trainers, Forgot You has had two trials, winning his most recent on April 28.
“He has trialled up awesome,” Young said.
“He’s dappled from head to toe and just looks fantastic. He’s a little bit pretty because of the time away and we’ve brought him along slowly.
“While Saturday is not his ideal distance, being a 1400 (metres), I can’t fault him on his work and his trials.”
Young said the Winter Championship, a series of races through winter with a lucrative final at Flemington in July, is a possible target for Forgot You.
“He’s a Savabeel and likes a bit of cut out of the track and we would like to try and win some prize money with him,” Young said.
“Then if he holds together, we could target something into the spring, but it’s all about getting him back to the races, spacing his races and having him pull up sound after each run.”
