Heza strong chance to bring up first win
should get a nice run in the race. I think he will be there.
“He is still going to take plenty out of it. I’m still thinking it will be a forward showing from him.”
Heza Demon finished seventh, third and seventh in his first preparation last year before a shoulder injury sustained during his first run of his second preparation in September meant he was given another spell.
But Eggleston said it was a blessing in disguise for the then immature Heza Demon who has come back a different horse for a third preparation on the back of a second-place finish at a trial on May 2.
“He seems to have come back a different horse this time so I’m expecting him to go good,” Eggleston said.
“He has grown a lot more and grown up a lot more in the head. He was a little bit of a lout. But now he’s had a couple of good spells he has grown up a lot and given all that stuff away. He is more tradesmanlike this time in.
“I’m not saying he is going to be any champion but I think he should win a couple of races this time in.
“His trial was handy without being sensational so he is in that race with a chance.”
Eggleston will have two other runners on the Gold Coast today with Argent Etoile in the Maiden Plate (1200m) and More Than Money in the Class 5 Handicap (1200m).