Share A Dream ready to continue Cup Week build-up

One of the final steps in a New Zealand Cup Week plan will be completed at Winton on Friday.

Tyler Dewe put himself on the map as a harness racing trainer when Teddy Baker won the South of the Waitaki event on Show Day at Addington in 2022.

Now Dewe is eyeing another victory in the popular feature event with his stable star Share A Dream (Art Major).

Share A Dream brings the best kind of form to Winton, having run second behind the talented Dreams Are Free in last weekend’s Tuapeka Cup for driver Mark Hurrell.

Stepping back into a rating 45–56 event on Friday, Hurrell admits his charge should take all sorts of beating.

But there is one caveat.

“If you look at it on paper, he really should be winning a race like that.”

“But as everyone will know, he has to be driven for one run, so there is always that chance he could be unlucky.”

“If there is a genuine enough tempo and he sees daylight, he will be running on better than most.”

“He is just that fast, he just needs a little bit in his favour to be hard to beat.”

Moving from Ascot Park to the bigger Winton circuit looks a plus for Share A Dream given his racing style.

“Two of his three wins have come at Winton and he’s trained there, it seems to suit him,” Hurrell said.

Share A Dream comes into Friday’s race (6.22pm) after ticking an important box ahead of the 2600m South of the Waitaki.

Before his 2700m placing behind Dreams Are Free, the pacer kept running on over 2600m at Addington in solid time.

Hurrell will link up again with trainer Darren Keast after the pair were in winning form on Tuapeka Cup Day.

Though she has drawn the outside of the second row over a mile, Seaside Fury looks a nice chance for the trainer-and-driver combination.

“She won a workout and even though they only went a fair time doing it, she felt nice.”

“I know Darren has had a bit of time for her.”

“She should be a good chance, it will just depend on her fitness because she missed a workout last weekend with the bad weather.”

“Darren would have got a bit more work into her, it will just be whether she peaks on her run or not.”

“She seems to have the ability to be a good winning chance.”

Hurrell also links up with Rakero Lightning at Winton.

The mare gets her shot at improving her form in a field she should be competitive in on her best efforts.

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by Jonny Turner, for Harness Racing New Zealand