Danehill Backup For Tollesprit 
Race programming has forced the hand of trainer Shane Fliedner with leading Caulfield Guineas prospect Tollesprit.
Tollesprit was a surprising acceptor for Saturday's Group Two Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington after he launched his spring campaign a week ago with a barnstorming second to Starspangledbanner in the Group Three McNeil Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.
Fliedner said it wasn't his plan to run the three-year-old old in consecutive weeks so early in his campaign but after studying the race programming he was left with little choice.
"I am between a rock and a hard spot," Fliedner said.
"It is not that I want to run him this Saturday but all of a sudden I have got three weeks to the Guineas Prelude if he doesn't run this Saturday."
He said it was preferable to back up Tollesprit at this stage of his campaign rather than wait for the Prelude on September 19.
"If I had another option he wouldn't be there Saturday," Fliedner said.
He is hopeful that with an extra run now Tollesprit could have three weeks' break between the Prelude and the Caulfield Guineas.
The alternative would be backing up from Flemington on October 3 into the Guineas on October 10.
"With this run behind him he might be pretty fit by then and he mightn't need another run after the Prelude," Fliedner said.
"I don't want to be playing catch up then so I'm better off backing him up now.
"If you are playing catch up going into the Guineas then you shouldn't be running in it."
Tollesprit is on the third line of TAB Sportsbet's Caulfield Guineas market at $12 while he is $15 for the star-studded Danehill.
Unbeaten filly Black Caviar dominates the Danehill betting at $1.70 ahead of Group One-winning Golden Slipper placegetter Manhattan Rain ($6), Rarefied ($9) and Rostova ($11).
"It is a pretty hot field but it is not about thinking he (Tollesprit) can win it, it is about doing the right thing for the horse," Fliedner said.
"We just want him to be competitive at this stage.
"It is a gun field, no doubt about it, and this will give us a good idea where he is at."
Race programming has forced the hand of trainer Shane Fliedner with leading Caulfield Guineas prospect Tollesprit.
Tollesprit was a surprising acceptor for Saturday's Group Two Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington after he launched his spring campaign a week ago with a barnstorming second to Starspangledbanner in the Group Three McNeil Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.
Fliedner said it wasn't his plan to run the three-year-old old in consecutive weeks so early in his campaign but after studying the race programming he was left with little choice.
"I am between a rock and a hard spot," Fliedner said.
"It is not that I want to run him this Saturday but all of a sudden I have got three weeks to the Guineas Prelude if he doesn't run this Saturday."
He said it was preferable to back up Tollesprit at this stage of his campaign rather than wait for the Prelude on September 19.
"If I had another option he wouldn't be there Saturday," Fliedner said.
He is hopeful that with an extra run now Tollesprit could have three weeks' break between the Prelude and the Caulfield Guineas.
The alternative would be backing up from Flemington on October 3 into the Guineas on October 10.
"With this run behind him he might be pretty fit by then and he mightn't need another run after the Prelude," Fliedner said.
"I don't want to be playing catch up then so I'm better off backing him up now.
"If you are playing catch up going into the Guineas then you shouldn't be running in it."
Tollesprit is on the third line of TAB Sportsbet's Caulfield Guineas market at $12 while he is $15 for the star-studded Danehill.
Unbeaten filly Black Caviar dominates the Danehill betting at $1.70 ahead of Group One-winning Golden Slipper placegetter Manhattan Rain ($6), Rarefied ($9) and Rostova ($11).
"It is a pretty hot field but it is not about thinking he (Tollesprit) can win it, it is about doing the right thing for the horse," Fliedner said.
"We just want him to be competitive at this stage.
"It is a gun field, no doubt about it, and this will give us a good idea where he is at."
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