Smokin’ Romanswill be aiming to regain his winning form in a 2000-metre contest at Flemington this Saturday.
The seven-year-old, who triumphed in the Turnbull Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) in 2022, is looking for his first victory since that Group 1 success.
“He’s been up at Ballarat and is coming off a slow build-up,” said Jack Turnbull, assistant to trainer Ciaron Maher.
“He had a long spell over summer after a couple of heavy seasons, and this campaign, being winter, we’re trying to get some confidence back and he’s brimming with confidence.
“I know he hasn’t won, but he’s hit the board a couple of times, and every time Jaylah [Kennedy, who rides again on Saturday] gets off him, she’s just rapt with how well he’s going.”
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