Gibbs has been pleased with the way his mare has been since that run last month and is looking forward to testing the daughter of Mastercraftsman today.
Danzdanzdance will be ridden by New Zealand hoop Opie Bosson and will jump from barrier five, which Gibbs is pleased with.
"The five, I think, is perfect," he said. "Five is exactly where I wanted, we are much happier with that than if we had drawn one like we did in the Ranvet. "I can't see anything other than He's Eminent leading and I'd imagine there are a couple of others who will go forward. One out and three back is probably where we would want to be sitting."
While Gibbs is realistic about Danzdanzdance's chances in the race, he is daring to dream that his grey Kiwi mare can cause one of the biggest upsets in racing today.
"You always dream about it, you'd be silly if you don't," he said. "But if she came second to Winx, to us, it would be like winning any other Group One.
"But in the back of your mind everyone wants to try and beat her. It does look like an impossible task, but we are certainly there to run our own race and Opie knows that.
"You just don't worry about Winx being there, you have just got to go and do the best you can and if she beats you she does, which everyone is expecting her to do."
Gibbs said Danzdanzdance will head straight to the spelling paddock after today before being set for spring racing. "She will go straight back to the paddock at Kylie Bax's. She is back on the plane on Monday night. We will then start putting some plans in place for the spring."
Meanwhile, Gibbs and Bradley will be vying for stakes glory on home soil today when they line-up Rikki Tikki Tavi in the Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m) at Hastings.
The five-year-old daughter of Tavistock finished third in the race last year and her connections are hoping she can go two better in this year's running. "Michelle is very happy with her," Gibbs said. "She went down and ran third in that race last year. Her form has been very solid.
"She's a little bugger in that if she hits the front too soon then she tends to ease up," he said. "When she's actually won she seems to get up by a nose or half a head at the best.
"She's not the easiest to ride, but I am sure she will be hitting the line strong."
• Consistent Horowhenua galloper Dolcetto will tackle 2200m for the first time today when he lines up in the Hawke's Bay Cup (2200m), but his trainer Sylvia Kay doesn't think it will be an issue for her gelding.
The Per Incanto six-year-old hadn't been tested over further than a mile prior to his latest preparation, but he has pleased Kay when stepping up in distance in his last two starts.
He finished runner-up in the Gr.3 Taranaki Cup (1800m) in February before running home late to finish fourth in the Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m) last start.
"He didn't have the best of runs (at Awapuni)," Kay said. "He got a bit far back and then he got thrown out on the turn, which cost him a fair bit of ground I think."
Back to handicap conditions on Saturday, Dolcetto will lob 60 kgs and jump from the outside barrier of the 11 horse field.
Kay is confident that she has Dolcetto primed for today's contest.
However, she is just hoping for a little bit of luck in the running for her charge, who will be ridden by Rosie Myers.
- NZ Racing Desk
