Acee Deecee A Hit at Sandown
- Saturday, 10 August 2002 00:00
Flemington based trainer Dean Lawson will launch a two pronged attack into Saturday week's listed Vain Stakes at Caulfield after Acee Deecee scored an impressive win in today's Encounter Super Vobis Handicap (1200m) at Sandown.
Lawson had already chosen the listed event as the race which will signal the return of another smart stablemate Cool Trent and now he will be forced to have two runners in the race.
"I didn't really want to put them in against each other, but he (Acee Deecee) deserves his chance at stakes class," Lawson said.
Lawson feels the maturity and growth already evident in Cool Trent has him favouring that gelding as better at this stage.
"Right now Cool Trent is a better horse. But this guy still has to grow a bit and I think he's got some good improvement in him in the next six months or so," Lawson added.
Acee Deecee, with former Tasmanian apprentice Craig Newitt in the saddle, got well back in the field early before powering home over the final stages to record an impressive half length win over Helenus, while Step Ahead, a last start Werribee winner, was a similar margin away in third place.
Lawson reports Cool Trent is on track for a good return to the track after showing plenty in recent work.
"He's going really well at home and he won a trial yesterday by about a length and a half," he reported.
Cool Trent, a placegetter in the Magic Millions Classic on the Gold Coast, has not started since being beaten five lengths when sixth behind Bel Esprit in the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.
