Mum’s the word on form in wet
Donot Say Anything’s dam What Can I Say beat racing legend Might And Power – who won the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double in 1997 – on a heavy track in the Warwick Stakes (1400m) in Sydney in 1998.
It ended what was Might And Power’s most successful run of four consecutive wins in a year he won the Doomben Cup and Cox Plate.
“(What Can I Say) was a natural in the wet,” MayfieldSmith said.
“They are tipping rain on the Coast so I wouldn’t be worried.”
Mayfield-Smith said Donot Say Anything, a $3.70 chance, was in the form to claim a second straight win at the third start of his preparation.
“He has done everything right,” Mayfield-Smith said.
“He is a laid-back sort of bloke, as you will see in his race pattern.
“He gets back and looks like he is under pressure and then he gets rolling.
“He’d have to be very competitive (today). The thing against him is he is a threeyear-old up against the older horses but I thought this was a better race for him.”
Mayfield-Smith has been patient with Donot Say Anything early in his career.
The gelding was tipped out after finishing 10th in his first run at Doomben last August and returned in January this year for a two-race preparation that began with an eighth and finished with a win at the Gold Coast.
Donot Say Anything has similar form in his third and current preparation, recording a ninth at Eagle Farm before winning at the Sunshine Coast last month.
Mayfield-Smith said the slow developer was now ready to go to a third race.
“He is a small horse but I just wanted to give him time,” Mayfield-Smith said.
“I’ll probably try to get him up to a mile or further this prep.
“I just want to test him out this time now that he is hardened and see how far he can go distance-wise.”