Racing: Barron closes in on best season at Forbury Park

Tony Barron is not far off making the 2014-15 season his best, but whether he eclipses his record tonight at Forbury Park remains to be seen.

The Makarewa trainer is sitting on 27 wins for the season from just 155 starters, at a UDR of more than .3000.

His best season came in 2002-03, when he prepared 28 winners and he has six chances tonight, plus three more months of racing, to better that.

However, he concedes none of his six chances tonight are standouts.

"They're a good, even bunch of horses. There could be a couple of winners there and there could be none but they should all go good."

Barron will hope he isn't waiting until race 10, because Thinking Smart could break his heart yet again.

The Mach Three mare has placed nine times from 14 starts without ever breaking through for a maiden win.

That win may come from Mach Denario, who gets his first chance starting from the front for Barron.

The son of Mach Three has drawn four in the junior drivers mobile pace.

"He's got a bit of bottom to him so I'm hoping he'll be up there handy."

Heretic Franco (R7) is in top form, but the two consecutive wins have come in the amateur drivers' grade.

"It's definitely a step up but she [mile] rated 1:58 last start. I'd like to think she would get out and get handy," he said.

From the rest of the team, Barron said Secret's Out (R3) would be relying on gate speed in front of her to be a factor, while Schwartz Denario (R6) had recovered well from a torrid introduction to C1 racing in January.