The connections of the prominent sprinter, I Wish I Win, are opting for a patient approach with the accomplished five-year-old.
Trained by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, the gelding has been absent from the racing scene since his commendable second-place finish in The Everest (1200m) in October.
For the upcoming autumn season, I Wish I Win doesn't have a specific race target, as the entire campaign is strategically designed to ensure peak condition for another attempt at the lucrative slot race in October.
“He's in good order, he's probably ready to have his first gallop of the prep next week, been building well, been doing a lot of work on the back track here at Pakenham over the last month or so and he's coming to hand nicely,” shared Moody with Racing.com.
“We gave him a nice break because he hadn't had one since he'd been over here in Australia and he really enjoyed that time away – long, slow build-up.
“When and where we kick him off, I'm not sure, but that's the beauty of owning and managing them yourself, you can make those decisions and have no outside pressure.”
Moody continued, “Haven't even mapped anything out, the William Reid is towards the end of March, the TJ. Smith is early April – plenty of races for him, so we'll just let him guide a path.
“That's his sole target, whether he has two, three, four runs, whatever between now and then, the Everest – we want to be there in October.”