David Pfieffer always knew he had a racehorse on his hands with Nevada Mo and after a patient wait to get him to the races, the trainer says now is his time to ‘step up’.
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A three-year-old colt by Uncle Mo, Nevada Mo will make his debut at Kembla Grange on Tuesday.
The unraced sprinter will be ridden by Kerrin McEvoy in the Willowvale 3YO Maiden Plate (1000m).
Pfieffer hopes McEvoy can make the most of a favourable draw in barrier two to give Nevada Mo every chance on debut.
“He is a jump and run style of horse and I reckon we will be box seating,” he said.
“Doing the form, it looks to be a pretty strong form race so it will be a competitive race and then a good form race after the race.
“Hopefully it all stacks up for us.”
Nevada Mo is one of six unraced three-year-olds in an intriguing race to start the quaddie.
He has had three trials leading into his debut.
The latest came on September 20 where he finished third behind Bjorn Baker’s Samadoubt, which will also run on Tuesday.
“He has been pretty competitive in all three of the trials,” Pfieffer said.
“It is obviously his first start and he going to take a bit out of that experience but we have a nice barrier to give us a hand. I reckon we will be box seating and hopefully there in the finish.”
Nevada Mo was a $45,000 purchase from the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
Pfieffer got a good impression of the promising sprinter from day one.
“He is boisterous but not over the top,” he said.
“He is a next big, strong style of horse.
“He is a typical looking sprinter.”
The TAB has Nevada Mo as a $8 chance to win on debut.
Godolphin’s Ozark has been well backed and heads the market at $1.80.
Pfieffer finishes the card with Brilliant Meteor in the Jerrara Benchmark 65 Handicap (1600m).
Brilliant Meteor showed promise with three wins from his first four starts, but has since gone winless for more than two years.
“It has been a while,” Pfieffer said.
“He has been a tough horse to work out and dissect.
“He won three of his first four and the fourth was a 2000m race at Kembla. He always looked like a staying style of horse and he has always race like one but when it has been time for him to stay he hasn’t.
“As soon as a dropped him back to the mile he started racing well again.
“He has got the long rangy action and the last couple of runs have been solid so if we can take the form in, he is a top three chance.”