Dunn stunned by weight

Rising star worse off than dual Group 1 winner

MURWILLUMBAH excitement machine Care To Think is at a skinny quote to extend his winning sequence to six in tomorrow’s Liverpool City Cup at Randwick but trainer Matt Dunn fears the 58.5kg impost.

Care To Think opened at $2.10 with Ladbrokes on Wednesday but had eased to $2.40 yesterday for the Group 3 race, with bookmakers perhaps agreeing with Dunn’s fears.

Asked about his confidence levels ahead of tomorrow’s return, Dunn was succinct.

“He’s got too much weight,” he said.

“Egg Tart (57.5kg) has won two Group 1 races, Crack Me Up (59kg) has won a Group 2 and we’ve only won a Restricted Listed race.

“He’s won more prizemoney than the others but it’s all centred around one race. The previous start wasn’t even Listed. Three starts ago he was only winning a Class 6 Plate.

“You usually get a fourpoint adjustment going to NSW but they didn’t adjust him. He’s got his same Queensland rating.”

Care To Think won $600,000 of his $842,000 prizemoney tally when he took out the Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast in January.

The weight aside, Dunn said Care To Think was in superb touch based on a sparkling recent trial and a rousing gallop on Wednesday.

“I’m very happy with where he’s at,” Dunn said.

“But he’s pretty short in the market and he has barrier 12 to overcome as well.”

Stablemate Snitz won a 1000m Open trial at the Gold Coast yesterday in preparation for his tilt on the Country Championships Qualifier Grafton on March 11.

“He missed a run because of the wet last Saturday, so I needed to do something with him and I wanted him to have a good hitout,” Dunn said.

“It may not be a bad thing (being washed out).

“If he’d won that race he would have got 59kg. Now he gets in with 57.5kg.” at