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Son of Dream Ahead out to continue good form
The Danny Williams-trained Ahead Start (Dream Ahead) will look to follow-up his last-start victory at Randwick on April 24 when he tackles the Inglis Guineas (RL, 1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
A winner of three of his four starts, the son of Dream Ahead (Diktat) was ridden by James McDonald on his last start and with McDonald in Brisbane Jay Ford will take the ride.
Connections were offered $500,000 for Ahead Start after he won his last start and Williams, who has a 20 per cent stake and has ridden racing's roller coaster for many years, would have happily sold.
"I know how vulnerable horses are and you don't get offered that sort of money very often," Danny Williams said.
"But one of the owners had lost his sister to cancer only a month before and he bought the horse to race with his father, who has got dementia. It was the first time he was able to take his father to the races last start and he won at Randwick, so it was very emotional for them.
"It's very difficult to take that away from them for the sake of money."
Ahead Start will round out his preparation in the Guineas, a race connections hope can also double as an audition for a Kosciuszko (1200m) spot.
"This is his grand final. He will go out to the paddock after this and I'm sure he will come back even better next prep."