Group 1 winning filly I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) is on course to make her seasonal return in the G2 Rubiton S. at Caulfield on Saturday. Her trainer Shane Nichols intends to let the 3-year-old warm up for Saturday's task in an 800m barrier trial for fillies at Cranbourne Monday morning. Last seen winning the G1 Myer Classic at Flemington in October I Am A Star will be partnered on Saturday by Craig Williams and despite the potential inclusion of star sprinter Chautauqua (Aus) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) on Saturday, Nichols is confident of a bold show. “She's going well. She looks far better now than what she did in the spring,” the trainer told Racing And Sports. “She's strengthened up, her work has been good and she's coming into the preparation sound, well and in very good condition.” Although her Group 1 victory came over a mile Nichols is keeping an open mind about what trips she will be campaigned over this autumn. “It is possible if she happened to run really, really well in the Rubiton, she may have a sprinting campaign,” he added.
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