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Winforu can win tonight's Interdominion Pacing Final in Adelaide - he will tell you that himself.
The South Auckland pacer is the leading Kiwi chance in the A$500,000 ($565,000) classic after a near-perfect series was topped off by drawing barrier two in the final.
That has everybody tipping him as a certain leader on the tight Globe Derby track while major rivals Blacks A Fake and Be Good Johnny are going to have to spend at least part of the race three wide.
While Winforu is not as good as the two Australian superstars, his trainer Geoff Small is hoping tonight is a case of having the right horse in the right race at the right time.
And Winforu has boosted his confidence since the barrier draw with an impressive final workout on Thursday morning and some even more impressive vocal showing off.
Being a stallion Winforu is famous around Australasia's major racetrack stabling areas for roaring out at any passing mares or just about anything else that takes his fancy.
He has made the past two Interdominion finals but ran down the track both times after arriving at the big race a tired horse.
"In the last two years he wasn't himself by the time he got to the final. He wasn't yelling out and carrying on like he usually does," said Small.
"But this series he is a different horse, he is older and stronger and handling the whole thing better.
"After he came off the track on Thursday he was screaming out and playing up, which is always a good sign with him.
"He is feeling good and that is a major thing for a horse in a series like this."
Winforu thrilled Small with his workout at Globe Derby, where he cruised over 3200m in 4:30.
"I let him go along at a speed he wanted but he did it so easily he made the track seem very small because he was covering the ground so easily."
Having trained champion Elsu to win the final two years ago Small is not one to get carried away with any horse - and he knows Winforu is not even the best horse in this series.
But he is adamant whoever beats him tomorrow night will have to run past him to do it.
"We are going to be in front and we won't be handing up the lead," says Small.
"He is so well in himself he will love being out there and any horse that wants to take him on will have to work to do so because he will be rolling solid sectionals."
That will place doubt in the minds of rival drivers who want to get close to the pace but may have to spend plenty of energy to do so if Winforu is carving out 30 second 400m sectionals.
Blacks A Fake may be strong enough to work and still outstay Winforu, while Be Good Johnny has the tactical speed to get handy and then give himself options.
Because they are better pacers than Winforu they could probably sit outside him and win but that could leave them vulnerable to a swooper.
Best of those coming wide could be the other New Zealand representatives, Foreal and Tribute.
Both have handled the series well but have tricky draws so will need a near-perfect tempo to give them any chance of coming over the top, particularly as the final bend at Globe Derby is hard to negotiate at speed.
If the race does turn into a war then the horse in the best place could be Robin Hood, who looks certain to trail Winforu throughout.
He doesn't have high speed and the passing lane at Globe Derby is so short he will need perfect timing to use it to grab victory. But if the leaders are stopping at the top of the straight and he doesn't have his momentum impeded Robin Hood can win.
The race is turning into a punting extravaganza, with so many bookmakers operating on the race that all the favourites were drifting from their original final field prices yesterday.
That saw Winforu get as long as $6.50 in Australia. He may not win, but that makes him very backable each way on a track where leaders win over 80 per cent of the races.
