Ryan hoping Pipeline can score at the Farm

Tuesday 19 December 2017, 3:12pm

Gerald Ryan will head to Warwick Farm hoping two last-start second placegetters can turn those results into wins.

Pipeline was beaten a short head by Drachenfels over 1200m at Rosehill on December 9, the same day Heliosphere finished a long head behind Sparky Lad over 1400m.

Heliosphere steps up to 1600m on Saturday while Pipleline, who was entered for two benchmark 85 races, will run over 1400m rather than 1200m.

Pipeline is by Redoute's Choice out of Dances On Waves who Ryan trained to win the 2010 Villiers Stakes and the trainer thinks the four-year-old may get up to a similar distance.

"He has started over 1500 metres before and just got beaten," Ryan said.

"After that he hurt himself so we have started again.

"He is going really well and only just got beaten last time. Jay Ford will ride him again."

Ryan has called on Brenton Avdulla to ride Heliosphere, replacing the injured Kerrin McEvoy who broke his hand in freakish circumstances on Saturday when he was taking Sugar Bella to the barriers before a race at Randwick.

Heliosphere was posted wide in his last race which wasn't ideal so Ryan is hoping he can get a better run this time around.

The colt was beaten by the Chris Waller-trained Sparky Lad who is among six other three-year-olds entered in Saturday's race.

Waller has also nominated Scream Park, a last-start winner over 1400 metres at Warwick Farm.

Sydney's leading trainer has 10 of the 15 entries in the distance race on the program, a benchmark 80 over 2110 metres headed by Carzoff.

Carzoff has run third in his past two starts including a close finish to a 2000m-event at Rosehill last Saturday week behind Gambler's Blues and his Waller-trained stablemate Lead Choreographer who is also nominated for Saturday's race.

– AAP

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