Black Heart Bart ready to bounce back in Railway Stakes
DARREN Weir isn’t known for his confidence before major races but he is approaching Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes happy with his runners Black Heart Bart and Ulmann.
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DARREN Weir isn’t known for his confidence before major races but he is approaching Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot happy with his runners Black Heart Bart and Ulmann.
Weir pulled the plug on Black Heart Bart’s spring campaign when he finished fifth in the Underwood Stakes at Caulfield. He described Black Heart Bart’s form as “reasonable” but pointed out he had been battling with his feet during the spring.
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“His feet were troubling him so it was a balancing act but we’ve got him right and he doesn’t have a problem,” Weir said.
The trainer said after the Underwood Stakes he gave Black Heart Bart 10 days of swimming at Warrnambool and then took him to his farm at Maldon.
“They’re not machines,” he said. “I don’t know whether he’s got another Group 1 in him. He’s been such a good horse and he doesn’t have to do anything more.”
Black Heart Bart had four starts in the spring, notching a second in the Memsie Stakes, thirds in the Lawrence Stakes and Makybe Diva Stakes before the Underwood Stakes.
Black Heart Bart finished fourth in the 2015 Railway Stakes when trained by Vaughn Sigley before he joined Weir’s stables, where he has won five Group 1 races.
Weir said Black Heart Bart and Ulmann have settled in well in Western Australia. They are being trained from Lindsey Smith’s training property at Casuarina.
Smith is trying for two Railway Stakes in a row with Scales Of Justice, who is $5.50 favourite. Black Heart Bart is $7 and Ulmann is $13 with TAB.
Weir said Ulmann, who is part-owned by Perth connections, had been set for the Railway Stakes. “He came in late as I was aiming him at Perth. I’m happy with him,” he said.
Since joining Weir’s stables Ulmann has had only one start over 1600m for a third in last year’s Crystal Mile at Moonee Valley.
Weir said that wasn’t intentional and he didn’t believe the 1600m would be a problem for him. Ulmann will be ridden by Damian Lane and Brad Rawiller will ride Black Heart Bart.
Originally published as Black Heart Bart ready to bounce back in Railway Stakes