Richard Litt says he’d happily train a barn full of horses like Romeo’s Choice now that he finally understands him. The tough gelding heads to Rosehill on Saturday chasing successive victories in the Schweppes Sprint (1100m) after scoring first-up at Warwick Farm on July 2.

That win came on heavy going—conditions Litt once thought were against the horse.

“For the first half of his life I would never run him on a wet track because I didn’t think he handled it and then one day I thought, bugger it, we’ll send him around at Canterbury,” Litt recalled.

“It was a heavy ten and he won by three lengths so I thought, I’ve been reading the play wrong here.

“He does seem to like any sort of ground. He is the ultimate racehorse.”

Romeo’s Choice brings a remarkably consistent record: 36 starts for six wins, 15 placings and just shy of $400,000 in prizemoney. While a Rosehill win still eludes him, he has finished top three in five of six goes at the 1100m there.

He ended his previous prep with a Saturday-grade success, and if there’s one thing Litt trusts, it’s the gelding’s work ethic.

“He turns up, he tries very hard. He is incredibly loyal and tough. He always gives you 110 per cent,” he said.

“It’s obviously a massive step up in grade for him. But he is a lovely horse.

“He won in town last start, albeit midweek, and he won a Saturday race before that.

“He definitely won’t be the worst horse in that race.”

Early markets on Thursday showed how open the race is, with online bookmakers posting three $6 equal favourites—fresh Corniche, in-form Storm The Ramparts and lightly raced South Of India—while Romeo’s Choice was trimmed to $13.

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