In an ideal world, the Ciaron Maher stable would be waiting an extra week to debut dual jump-out winner Unit Five.
But the son of Supido is down to run in the Magic Millions VIC 2YO Classic (1100m) at Caulfield Heath on Saturday after winning a jump-out at Cranbourne on Monday.
Ciaron Maher Racing’s National Assistant Trainer Jack Turnbull said there are no written rules for the preparation of youngsters.
“He’s unbeaten in his jump-outs and he’s physically the type that can head to the races off a short turnaround,” Turnbull said.
“It’s never ideal and you would like to go 12 days in a perfect world, but there’s no written rule.
“The race has come up fairly light, and we look one of the better ones from the trials, along with Guest House, going into it.”
Unit Five won his first jump-out at Cranbourne last month with Ethan Brown in the saddle while on Monday Thomas Stockdale had the sit.
Stockdale has been booked for the ride on Saturday.
“We instructed Tom to get a feel and not get to the bottom of him with the view of running him on Saturday,” Turnbull said.
“He’s bounced through the run. He’s a spritely, outgoing type of horse, and he’s been like that since the jump-out.”
With the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on January 17 still four weeks away, Turnbull said there was the potential for Unit Five to be Queensland bound.
He said there was still time to make that decision and if the stable felt the colt would benefit from another week before having his debut outing, then there was a race on Saturday week that could be a suitable option.
“The other option for him is there is a $150,000 race over 1000 metres at Cranbourne as a back-up,” Turnbull said.
“He could potentially head north, but everything would have to fall into place.
“So, he could run Saturday, or the following Saturday, and then if you run top two you are pretty much qualified and then you can look north.”
Unit Five heads the market at $2.80 in early betting ahead of Guest House at $3.20 with online bookmakers.
