HAVING two horses race in Sydney on the same day might not seem out of the ordinary, but when Bathurst trainer Ashlee Grives prepares two hopefuls on Saturday it will be a little different.
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Her first runner in action – Spirit And Fire – will be at Royal Randwick, while later that evening Grives’ attention will switch from thoroughbred to standardbred when Isle Of Man attends the Menangle Park harness racing meeting.
A four-year-old More Than Ready x Amelia’s Dream gelding, Spirit And Fire will contest the $60,000 Highway Handicap (1,200 metres). He joined Grives’ team this year after previously being trained by the Hawkes brothers.
Grives is the not the only Bathurst trainer who will be hoping for success in the Highway Handicap, with Dean Mirfin’s Keymaster included in the field.
It will be the six-year-old gelding’s first start at Randwick and Mirfin will be looking for him to improve on his fourth placing last start at Warwick Farm.
