By Daithi Harvey
Darren Weir expressed his satisfaction after taking the wraps off some his elite performers in some trackwork at Ballarat on Monday morning. Weir worked both Back Heart Bart (Aus) (Blackfriars {Aus}) and Tosen Stardom (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) as they complete their preparation for Australia's first Group 1 of the season, the G1 Memsie S. at Caulfield on Saturday. “Both horses worked really well,” Weir told Racing.com. “Tosen Stardom is never a great track worker but I thought his work over a strong half mile with Black Heart Bart was good.” Both horses are closely matched on racecourse form with only a nose separating the pair when Black Heart Bart got the better of his stablemate in the G1 Futurity S. at Caulfield last February and both horses enter the Memsie off the back of promising seasonal debuts when they finished third and fifth to Hartnell (GB) (Authorized {Ire}) in the G2 P.B. Lawrence S. at Caulfield Aug. 19, when Black Heart Bart again finished the more prominent of the duo. Weir says each horse has come forward since his seasonal debut and is expecting a bold show at the weekend. “We're really happy with Black Heart Bart and, as normal, the first-up run has brought him on. Both horses have definitely come on, although Tosen Stardom probably still has a bit more to come.” Saturday's A$1M contest over seven furlongs has attracted a classy and full field of 16 with four emergencies and also in line to start are fellow group 1 winners Le Romain (Aus) (Hard Spun), Jon Sow (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}), Yankee Rose (Aus) (All American {Aus}), Hey Doc (Aus) (Duporth {Aus}) and I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible {Aus}).
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