Enthusiastic Make Way in the right form to overcome bad draw at Bankstown tonight

Make Way looks well placed to regain his winning form line when he lines up in the fourth race at Bankstown tonight.

Trainers Sonya Smith and Anthony Butt made a late decision to start the little warrior when he started tearing round the paddock, so full of himself they feared he might hurt himself.

“We turned him out for a day or two after the Cranbourne Gold Cup and were going to give him a week off but he’s just so well and we thought it better to give him a race,” said Butt.

Make Way raced right up to his best in the Group II Cranbourne event, finishing a close up sixth, and drops well down in grade tonight.

“It won’t be easy drawn the outside of the second row over the sprint distance but he’s got a bit of class so he’ll be hard to hold out.”

Bookies have Make Way a red hot $1.40 favourite to score his fifth win from six starts this time in.

Safely through tonight, Butt says Make Way could contest the A$50,000 Shirley Turnbull Memorial, a Group II race over 2790 metres at Bathurst on Boxing Day.

“It will be a strong field of open free-for-allers but he’ll draw well. We’ll just see how he goes tonight.”

Make Way races at 10.02pm NZ time at Bankstown tonight.