Black Eye Jack, who stunned the crowd at Bathurst on Monday with a blistering 25.64 win over 450m as a $41 outsider, was a gift to owner-trainer Alan Provest.
"After Black Eye Jack had received two tickets for failing to chase keenly his previous owner gave him to me,'' said Provest, who moved to Bathurst a year ago.
"I went there to be near my daughter and got employment working for local trainer Rick Board.
"When I went to BathurstBlack Eye Jack had previously had two bad falls and wasn't going properly, but nobody could work out what was wrong with him.
"While living in Sydney I worked for Allen Williams at Lilley Lodge and he organised for me to take Black Eye Jack to Richmond veterinary surgeon Matt Kwong.
"Between Matt and Rick Board, they were able to rectify Black Eye Jack's deep seated injury problems and the dog hasn't looked back since.
"Black Eye Jack has now won seven of 28 starts but I didn't expect him to go quite so quick at Bathurst on Monday.
"I have not been well lately and another local trainer Jeremy McGrath handled Black Eye Jack for me at Bathurst and has offered to take the dog to Wentworth Park to give him a trial.
"Hopefully Black Eye Jack will see out the 520m at Wentworth Park, because he got to the line very strongly at the end of the 450m at Bathurst on Monday.''
Wow might be missing from Saturday night's group 1 Australian Cup lineup but NSW has a strong interest with Utah Blues, bred and owned by Joe Satti from Eschol Park, winning his heat and coming up with box one in the final.
Utah Blues won five from 10 NSW outings including a Wentworth Park 520m fifth grade win in 30.31 on June 10 last year before being transferred to Victorian trainer Tim Britton.
The son of crack Victorian trainer Robert Britton, Tim has taken over some of his father's team with Robert opting to "cut back'' following the retirement of his champion stayer, the NSW-owned Tornado Tears.
"Since Utah Blues won his Australian Cup heat and drew box one in Saturday night's final I've hardly slept, I've been too excited,'' Joe Satti said.
"He was the slowest heat winner but with his early speed and having the rails box he is in with a chance.
"Utah Blues clocks a fast first split of 5.00sec whenever he races at The Meadows and his first sectional time in the heats was pretty close to the time posted by Fernando Bluey.
"Early speed often wins big races and I'm hoping to see Utah Blues leading around the first corner and then a bit of scrimmaging behind lets him steal the race.
"I'm planning on driving or catching the train to Melbourne and will be at The Meadows on Saturday cheering him on.''
Satti is entitled to be over the mon as he bred Utah Blues from his bitch Utah Miss, who he trained to win 19 races and who was runner-up to Falcon's Fury in course record time of 29.24 in the 2018 Bathurst Cup.
