Horses that have competed at group 3 level rarely turn up in a lowly class 1 race in Tasmania but such will be the case at Mowbray on Wednesday night when Gregorian Chant makes her debut for new trainer Glenn Stevenson.
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Suffice to say, the five-year-old mare will find the opposition a little easier than when she chased home Verry Elleegant in the Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield early in her career but Stevenson is keeping his expectations low key.
"I think she'll win races here but she's not wound up yet," the trainer said.
"She'd had a bit of racing before she got here so I've freshened her up and just given her heavy sand and water work.
"I'm hoping she can get into the money but, whatever she does, she'll improve on when she gets over further."
Gregorian Chant was previously trained by Mitchell Freedman and is still owned interstate.
She won at Bendigo as a two-year-old but has racked up a frustrating eight minor placings at her past 10 starts.
"Whether she goes to the line strongly I don't know," Stevenson said. "She might still be learning or she might have a few issues."
Gregorian Chant will be ridden by Daniel Ganderton with Stevenson's other two runners at the meeting, Run Dance Fly and Boom Dot Com, to be handled by apprentice Codi Jordan who won her first race last week.
SHEEAN TOO QUICK IN PUPPY FINAL
Wynyard trainer Ben Englund described greyhound sensation Wynburn Sheean as "crazy quick" after the youngster blitzed his rivals in the George & Eileen Johnston Puppy Championship final in Devonport on Tuesday.
Wynburn Sheean led all the way to score by 4-1/4 lengths in 25.35 seconds and continue his march towards next month's $25,000 Devonport Chase.
"He's right up there with the best dogs I've trained," Englund said.
"If he's not the fastest, he's certainly one of the fastest.
"To run that sort of time today is testament to how fast he is. He's gone 12.48 down the back, I think.
"They graded the track last Thursday so it's probably not a quick surface and it's also windy.
"It shows he's crazy quick."
Englund said that Wynburn Sheean probably wouldn't race again before the Devonport Chase heats on November 17.
"I'll probably only need to give him one trial," the trainer said.
"You've got to be a bit careful with him because he tries so hard - he'll be flat for a couple of days now.
"But you don't want to let them drop in fitness so you've just got to manage them a little bit."
It was Englund's first win in the Puppy Championship and a lot of punters shared his joy, as Wynburn Sheean started $1.70 favourite.
"The box draw panned out the way I thought it would," the trainer said, after Wynburn Sheean jumped a fraction better than his rivals from box 4 and accelerated quickly to go to a clear lead.
He wasn't threatened from then on, comfortably holding out Highland Chief ($6) and Quick Joey Small ($7).
Englund will also be chasing his first win in the Devonport Chase.
His father Tom won with Wynlee Wonder in 1982 when the race was called the Devonport Cup.