No Limitation set to contest the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes

Trainer Clayton Douglas has indicated he wants No Limitation to have a better race day experience than the one she had on debut before giving the filly a break.

Douglas has No Limitation entered in the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Sandown on Saturday.

A two-year-old daughter of Exceedance from Piero Belle, No Limitation finished sixth on debut behind Cavalry Girl over 1000m at Flemington on January 18.

No Limitation showed early speed in that contest up the straight before finishing a little over five lengths behind the winner.

Cavalry Girl is also entered for the Chairman’s Stakes on Saturday, but trainer Tom Dabernig has said the filly will travel to Sydney for Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday week.

“I thought she ran quite well up the straight at Flemington,” Douglas said.

“She got bumped coming onto the course proper and lost all her momentum, but I thought after that she toughed it out quite well after that.”

While the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on February 22 is the race in the minds of most owners of two-year-olds at this time of year, Douglas would prefer to give No Limitation Saturday’s outing and then a break.

“She’ll probably only have the one more run and if she can perform well, she can have a break and maybe come back for a later autumn preparation, or we may even wait for the early three-year-old races,” Douglas said.

“We’ll just see how she goes and work it out from there.”

A total of 24 two-year-old’s have been entered for Saturday’s contest and No Limitation is only one of eight horses that have faced the starter previously.

Last year’s Chairman’s Stakes was taken out by Coleman who was well-supported on the strength of his debut win in the Debutant Stakes (1000m) the previous spring.

The last two-year-old to complete the Chairman’s Stakes – Blue Diamond double was Extreme Choice in 2016.

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