Trish Dunell
A start in next month's Gr.1 $A1 million Randwick Guineas (1600m) beckons Age Of Fire, should he perform to expectations at Matamata on Saturday.
The Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards-trained last-start Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m) winner tackles Saturday's The Proisir 1400 at Matamata and victory would see the Fastnet Rock colt locked in for a trip to Sydney.
"We've just been held up with a couple of niggling things with him but Opie [Bosson] rode him this morning at three-quarter pace and was happy with him," Richards said.
"We had initially hoped he'd be running in the Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill this weekend, but hopefully he'll be winning at Matamata instead and give us the confidence to head to the Randwick Guineas."
Age Of Fire has won three of his six starts and was also second in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton.