Written By To Shine In William Reid Stakes

is banking on Written By’s return to racing around a turn proving decisive in the Stakes at Moonee Valley.

A winner of six of his 10 starts, Written By has finished out of the placings three times, two of those down the straight at .

Begg is hoping Written By can use his acceleration around the home turn at The Valley on Friday night to enable the three-year-old recapture winning form.

A winner of Melbourne’s premier two-year-old race the Stakes last year, Written By was last successful in the Blue at Caulfield in October prior to running fourth in the at Flemington.

He returned with a first-up second at Caulfield before running sixth to In Her Time in last month’s .

Begg decided to bypass the to concentrate on Friday night’s race and said the colt’s in excellent shape ahead of weight-for-age sprint.

Written By was taken to The Valley last week for a gallop that pleased his trainer.

“He enjoyed his trip out to the Valley last week and had a good solid gallop,” Begg said.

“He got to one and did a good, solid piece of work so it worked out well.

“He was a little underdone first-up but that brought him on, but then things didn’t pan out right at Flemington in the Lightning.

“We’ve kept him nice and well for Friday night and I think he’ll run a lot better.”

Sydney’s will determine the path for Written By following Friday night.

Begg wants to see the rain stop, even though Written By’s a winner on heavy ground the trainer sees him as a better gallop on a firm surface.

“The Sydney weather is a bit of a conundrum so it’s a bit of a worry for us,” Begg said.

“He’s not 100 per cent happy in the wet, he’s much better of top of the ground, no doubting that.

“But we’ll certainly get a good track her on Friday night, so that will be perfect.”

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