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Warwick Farm trainer Richard Litt is hoping it is third time lucky with his mare Joe's Joy at Hawkesbury today.
Litt has plenty on his "plate" this week after getting his classy three-year-old Castelvecchio into the field for Saturday's $5 million WS Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley.
While Litt is spending the week in Melbourne he is focused on the prospects of Joe's Joy, who lines up in the Lander Toyota Class 2 Handicap (1800m) after some recent false starts.
"She was to run in a similar race at Hawkesbury on October 13, but the meeting was called off after heavy rain leading up to it," Litt said.
"Then we took her to Kembla Grange four days later. She had arrived on course to run in the last race but the meeting was abandoned by stewards because of safety concerns resulting from the very windy conditions.
"I don't think there will be any problems although I would have preferred softer ground for the mare."
The 6YO mare Joe's Joy is the only horse Litt prepares for Tobermory Stud at Braidwood, established by the late Joe O'Gara.
O'Gara bred and raced the 2008 Sydney Cup winner No Wine No Song and Joe's Joy is by his sire Song Of Tara. She is also a younger sister to now retired five-time Sydney winner Song And Laughter.
"Joe's Joy is still maturing even though she is an older mare," Litt said. "She can gallop but so far hasn't lived up to what we expected of her.
"Her last run was good when placed at Nowra and that was only her third start this preparation so there should be further improvement."
Hawkesbury trainer Garry White also planned to start sisters Cool One and Also Cool at the washed out home track meeting on October 13 and will line up the pair on Thursday.
Grant Buckley will ride Cool One, a rival for Joe's Joy in the 1800m Class 2, while Brenton Avdulla partners Also Cool in the Pink Finss Charity Maiden (1300m).
Cool One, who won 1700m and 2100m races at Wellington and Orange earlier in the year, will find tomorrow's 1800m more suitable than when a first-up third over 1400m at Orange on September 23, and drops from 60kg to 54kg.
The 4YO Also Cool, who has raced only twice and was placed on debut at Orange, hasn't started since February 1. She was runner-up, though beaten clearly, in a 1200m trial at Warwick Farm on September 24.
White also starts the lightly-raced War Cabinet (Avdulla) in the Easy Lane Provincial & Country Maiden Plate (1300m).
The four-year-old younger half-brother to stablemate Generalissimo has been placed at two of his three starts and beat six rivals in a 1000m trial on his home track on October 14.
