Impressive chase puts Bryant on track for success at Canterbury

Trainer Ron Quinton is encouraged by the form holding up around his lightly raced youngster Bryant and hopes it translates into success at Canterbury on Wednesday.

Bryant was the best of the chasers behind Raging Force when they met on the Kensington track two weeks ago and Quinton was pleased to see the winner go on with it up in class last weekend.

The onus is on his gelding to put a win on the board, but the trainer said whether it comes in the TAB Handicap (1200m) or later, he’s heading in the right direction.

“His run was very good the other day,” Quinton said. “He was beaten easily, but he beat the others just as easily as the winner beat us.

“We thought he’d run well for sure and he did, we have a little bit of an opinion of him. He’s going to keep getting a bit better each time. He’s a nice enough horse.”

The son of Bruta had a gap of almost two months going into that last-start second, and Quinton said he has plenty of upside.

In a late-season two-year-old race with a number of first starters, he said it was hard to know what the opposition might produce, but was confident Bryant will have a chance to improve on that fresh effort.

“He’s drawn a reasonably good alley, and I wanted to see him draw well because you need to ride him a bit patiently and you don’t want to fire him up,” he said.

“That should work in his favour and he should be sharp enough for 1200m. He will get a bit further for sure.”