After an illness plagued three-year-old campaign, trainer Saul Duck is hoping to see more of Mister Donald on the track this season.
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Mister Donald won four of 11 starts last season, along with four minor placings, but only raced three times since May.
Illness set the son of Falcon Seelster back twice and the Junee horseman is hoping he can show his true potential this time around.
"He just got crook a couple of times last year," Duck said.
"Both times were before the heats (of the NSW Breeders Challenge) so I put him back out again."
Duck has always had a good opinion of the four-year-old.
Now he hopes his problems are behind him.
"We'll try to win a few more and see what happens," he said.
"If he comes up to where I think he can I might send him up to the city or to Brisbane.
"This new system doesn't seem to help them around here, but he's feeling good and working good."
Mister Donald resumes on his home track on Tuesday night after one trial.
Duck was pleased with the second placing.
"He's pretty good and has had a fair bit of work under his belt," he said. "We don't want to knock him about, but he'll be trying to win."
However an awkward back row draw has Duck wary, with Mister Donald drawn nine.
"He's got a tricky draw but we have to go around them at some stage," he said.
"Great Hands is one of the hardest to beat, I like the horse and he's a tough old horse who has been around for a while."
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