Trainer Dan Meagher anticipates a familiar feeling when Lim’s Saltoro competes in Adelaide.

Lim’s Saltoro is set to race at Morphettville on Saturday in the Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m), with Noel Callow booked for the ride.

Meagher, whose father John Meagher is a Melbourne Cup-winning trainer, spent a significant period in Singapore. He initially worked under his father before establishing himself as a prominent trainer, eventually relocating to Melbourne after racing concluded in the Island Nation.

During the late 2000s, Callow rode in Singapore and developed a connection with Singaporean businessman Lim Siah Mong, who had horses with various trainers, including Meagher senior.

Later, the younger Meagher trained the majority of Lim’s horses, and Lim’s Saltoro followed Meagher to Melbourne when racing ceased in Singapore.

“It’s a full-circle moment really having Noel aboard on Saturday,” Meagher stated.

“He rode plenty of winners for Dad and plenty of winners for Mr Lim.”

“When I informed Mr Lim that we’d be able to get Noel Callow, he was happy about that.”

“Mr Lim is a loyal person, and he appreciates team success and Noel was a team member with Mr Lim for a while and they had great success.”

“It’s worked out well that Noel is in Adelaide and we’re taking this horse over.”

“I think Noel will suit this horse too. He’s a very laid-back customer and Noel being Noel, he won’t let him think too much which will be ideal for him.”

It has been just over a year since Lim’s Saltoro last raced, having suffered an injury when finishing near the back at Caulfield in July of the previous year.

That was the fourth start of Lim’s Saltoro’s sole Melbourne campaign, and Meagher acknowledged that he did not train the horse to his full potential.

“I thought he had a good campaign last time, but I trained him a bit ordinary, to be honest,” Meagher admitted.

“I was rushing him, wanting results straight away, and I panicked a bit, and despite that he handled it OK.”

“But at his last start he pulled up with an issue behind which required a long spell but he’s 100 per cent right now.”

Lim’s Saltoro has completed four jump-outs in preparation for his return and is considered fit enough for a weight-for-age 1200m contest.

“It looks a nice for him to kick off at this time of year, but my concern, and I hate saying it, is this weather,” Meagher commented.

“It’s going to be wet, and I hope it doesn’t rain too much more, because I don’t really know. He’s handled trials well on wet tracks, but it is different on race days.”

In his previous preparation, Lim’s Saltoro finished behind War Machine, who subsequently won a Group 1. Meagher believes the horse possesses adequate form, noting that it is a weight-for-age race over 1200 metres.

“If I ran him in a benchmark 100, he might be giving up-and-coming nice horses weight, but there wasn’t a suitable one around.”

“There was a 1000-metre one this week and then a 1400-metre one in a few weeks, but they weren’t suitable as I want to kick him off short, so we’ll run him over 1200 (metres) and build from there.”

“He’s fit enough and the barrier, nine, it’s OK.”

“He’s a go forward horse, first four, first half-a-dozen at that trip and I got a pretty good jockey on.”

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