Pride muscles in on Heath

FRONT-RUNNING sprinter Ball Of Muscle has reached veteran status but his Sydney trainer Joe Pride believes he still has more to give and will send him to Melbourne on a Group 3 mission.

The eight-year-old will run in Saturday’s The Heath (1100m) at Caulfield on the back of a winning barrier trial at Warwick Farm last week.

Pride has also entered Ball Of Muscle for the Concorde Stakes at Randwick but believes he is better suited in Melbourne despite the strength of the nominations.