Dark Horse has found almost the perfect race to end her breakout season.
The $40,000 Uncut Gems Trot at Addington tonight is ideal for her but in a totally perfect scenario Dark Horse wouldn't even be eligible for it.
The new series is for horses four-years-old and over who are Sires' Stakes eligible but have yet to win a race worth more than $50,000 or run in the top two (trot) or top three (pacing race) at the Jewels.
Dark Horse sneaks into that criteria because she was third, after being heavily backed, in the four-year-old trot at the Jewels two weeks ago.
Trainer Nathan Williamson would rather have won then and not been eligible for tonight's 2600m standing start, but he loves the conditions of the race and as a result it is back on his radar.