As a younger horse and being by Zed, Jacksstar excelled on rain-affected ground, but Vile said as he got older and perhaps wiser, he far preferred the better surfaces.
Jacksstar will run in the Jacpac Homes Fasttrack $5k Marton Cup (2200m) at Awapuni tomorrow in his last race before the Wellington Cup. The track was rated a Dead5 yesterday morning, although fine weather and a slight breeze was expected to bring it back to a Good3 come raceday.
"This will be his last run before Wellington and he's been working very well since the Manawatu Cup. He comes to hand this time of year and I'm pretty pleased with him," Vile said.
"Beauden (topweight) will be extremely hard to beat, although he will have to carry all his weight (59kg) and we only have 53kg."
Trudy Thornton will replace Madan Singh for tomorrow's assignment.
Jacksstar simply loves his home track and has five wins and five placings from 20 starts at Awapuni.
Meanwhile, another who loves Awapuni is Foxton visitor Toms.
The David and Emma Haworth-trained Towkay gelding won the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup over this trip in November on Dead4 surface before ordinary performances in unsuitable conditions in the Waikato and Manawatu Cups at his most recent outings.
The Jaimee-Lee Lupton-trained Soleseifei is another on the way to a Wellington Cup assignment and will relish conditions tomorrow.
