Trainer Will Freedman has acknowledged that Cold Brew often makes mistakes during his races but consistently emerges victorious regardless.
“I don’t know if the penny will ever drop with him, it certainly hasn’t dropped yet,” Freedman said. “But he obviously has good ability and he should be hard to beat again on Saturday.”
Cold Brew is set to contest the Robrick Lodge Eremein Handicap (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday, seeking his fifth win in his last six outings.
The Freedman partnership, which includes his father Richard, had also considered the Midway race for Cold Brew. However, the gelding was assigned a heavy weight of 63kg and drew the outside barrier 13.
Consequently, Cold Brew will instead compete in the Eremein Handicap, where he will carry 60kg and start from gate seven, with leading jockey Chad Schofield engaged for the ride.
“Will Stanley did a really good job to win on Cold Brew in the Rosehill Midway last start but he is not an apprentice’s horse because he’s not easy to ride,” Freedman stated.
“He’s trained on well, he loves wet tracks and he should get an heavier enough track for him on Saturday.”
Cold Brew secured three consecutive victories to conclude his previous winter campaign. Following this, ownership changed, with Freedman advising the Mustr Racing micro-syndication group to acquire the gelding.
However, Freedman admitted to concerns that he might have misled the new owners when Cold Brew was delayed in returning to racing for 10 months and his trial performances earlier in this preparation were underwhelming.
“I convinced them (Mustr Racing) to buy Cold Brew but before he trialled last time in work, he was a bit sore and we had to turn him out again,” the trainer revealed.
“Then we finally got him back into work, he was trialling miserably. I was worried about how the horse was going but it is amazing how they know the difference between trials and races.
“Cold Brew came out and ran really well first-up then he won last start. There are not many horses that can win four from five.”
The Freedman stable also has the under-rated mare Horizons competing in the Asahi Super Dry Handicap (1800m).
Horizons, owned by Dean and Adam Watt’s Dynamic Syndications, is coming off a commendable third place finish over the Randwick 1800m course behind Alice Mae, and Freedman believes she has a strong chance on Saturday.
“I think we have struck the right race for Horizons,” Freedman commented.
“With the rail out (9m), this mare is a natural on-pace runner so if she can find the lead and get her own way in front, she will be hard to run down. “She got taken on last start and it just told the last 50m but with that run under her belt and staying at 1800m, she should prove hard to beat.”
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