Familiar Turf For Sargent’s Home Ground

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Home Ground

As the trainer and owner of galloper , has extra incentive to perform a career revamp on the 2018 winner.

“I'm the owner now so I'm not getting any training fees but hopefully I will get some stakes money. You live in hope,” Sargent said.

Home Ground will step out in the TAB Long May We Play Handicap (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday, his first appearance since he finished fifth to in the 2018 .

His -based owners took him overseas after that staying performance but he continually presented with soreness issues and never raced in the Asian thoroughbred hub.

They decided to cut their losses and the horse found his way back to Sargent's Sydney stable, via some extended periods in quarantine.

It has been a long journey but Sargent cannot fault the four-year-old physically and is hopeful he can work his way towards races like the and Cups.

“He's been out for a long time but I can't find anything wrong with him, so we're going to tick him over and see if we can get him back to the staying horse he was,” Sargent said.

“I don't think the time has hurt him.

“He will probably need this race on Saturday and before he's really fit, he is a big horse and carries a lot of weight.”

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