Trainer Grahame Begg was left scratching his head when he looked at the barrier draws for his three runners at Sandown.
Oman, Upstage and King Zephyr all drew barrier 14 in their respective races on Saturday.
“What would the odds be of that?” Begg asked.
“You couldn’t write a ticket for what odds that would be.
“I think it’s quite unbelievable myself.”
King Zephyr runs in the Stow Storage Solutions Handicap (1400m) and is still in line for a trip to Brisbane to run in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap over the same trip at Eagle Farm on June 13.
Begg said King Zephyr would need to win, or be unlucky, to warrant booking a trip north.
King Zephyr will face 15 opponents on Saturday and is coming off a last start second to Big Swinger at Flemington on April 25.
The gelding’s most recent win came over Saturday’s course and distance last September.
“We’ll wait and get over Saturday before making a decision on whether he heads north,” Begg said.
“He’s had a tick-over trial at Caulfield, so hopefully that will hold him in good stead and hopefully we get an improving track as well.
“It’s a big field, there should be good speed, so from that barrier he’ll have to come back and find some cover to give him his chance to balance up.
“It’s on the bigger track, so if they’re getting away from the fence it can suit those run on types, and hopefully that’s him.”
Oman is down to run in the opening race on Saturday, the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Handicap (1000m) but she is also an acceptor at Ballarat on Sunday, where she is third emergency and has drawn even wider in gate 15.
“She’s trialled up at Caulfield Heath and looks in good shape for her return,” Begg said.
Upstage will chase a third successive win after victories at Pakenham and Ballarat when she lines up in the Sportsbet Fixed Odds Exotics Handicap (1600m).
She’s in great form and deserves her chance in town now,” Begg said.
