Red Right Hand ready for rise in distance

Red Right Hand
                 Can Red Right Hand find its ideal distance over 2000m at Caulfield this Saturday? Picture: Racing.com

TRAINER Grahame Begg is hoping a month-long break between runs will be just the tonic Red Right Hand needs to make a winning debut at the 2000m distance at Caulfield on Saturday.

The lightly-raced three-year-old has missed placing just once in its six-race career to date, but Saturday’s Noel Rundle Handicap represents the first time the gelding will go beyond 1800m.

Begg believes Saturday’s race will be the ideal journey for his talented prospect.

“I reckon (2000m) will be just about his right distance,” Begg told HorseBetting.com.au.

“It looks like the next step for him. He ran well at an 1800m race two weeks ago, obviously it’s the next progression to go to 2000m, but he’s trained on well since.”

Red Right Hand is a $9.50 chance at Crownbet.com.au to take out the Noel Rundle Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday.

The horse’s last start was a competitive second at Caulfield two weeks ago at double figure odds, which was the gelding’s first run in just over a month.

Begg said he had identified the race early in the piece as one he wanted to target and decided to give Red Right Hand a short break, rather than race it in between.

“He had a big break between runs, he had a five-week break, not that he had anything wrong with him but I was just waiting for that race and I just had to wait for it.

“He’s come on since the 1800m race and he looks good for Saturday.”

Although the elongated break between races is not a staple of Begg’s training, another month in the paddock is on the cards for Red Right Hand following Saturday’s race.

The trainer has identified the Queen’s Birthday weekend as the next time we will see his gelding on the track following the Noel Rundle Handicap.

“The next race is at Flemington on the long weekend in June, there’s a 2000m race so there’ll be nearly another month in between runs again.

“So I’ll probably just keep him for that race and set him up for that.”

As for the future, Begg is not putting any great expectations on his three-year-old, even though the record reads well so early in its career.

The trainer is content letting the horse progress naturally and letting the gelding dictate its own terms.

“We’re just going to take him through his classes and we’ll just let him find his feet,” he said.

“He’ll tell us where he is at. It’s all about small steps at a time.”

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