WITH an ounce of luck, Winning Partners should triumph in the last event and give trainer Neville Begg and jockey Robert Thompson some belated compensation for an unlucky last start 1,400 metres when they were second.
Drawn at barrier 13 of 13 runners at his last start, Thompson and his mount were stuck out wide in the wilderness throughout and then met interference coming round the home turn.
They were boxed in and saw daylight far too late in the proceedings.
That the winning margin was a mere head suggests the horse is a good one despite this defeat.
He steps out today over the same trip, but Thompson has again had no luck in the barrier draw. This time he is drawn 11 out of a maximum 14 runners at the gates.
So a little bit of luck in the running would clearly be much appreciated by Thompson this afternoon.
The horse still appears in great shape and worked brilliantly from the barriers down the back straight at the beginning of the week, showing readiness for racing conditions again.