MOREE owner Les Quinn has the August 31 Moree Cup in the back of his mind – and Inverell trainer Ridge Wilson hopes to make that become a reality with Quinn’s honest gelding Lesgo Don.

Wilson saddles Lesgo Don and query runner Himorher in the 1400m Secretary’s Country Boosted BM-58 Handicap at Moree today, with the Moree Cup in three months’ time the long-range plan for Lesgo Don.

But Wilson warns today’s race will be no easy task for Lesgo Don and jockey Georgina McDonnell.

The Moree Cup-bound gelding, rated a 20-1 chance today with TAB fixed odds, has drawn off the track in gate 10.

“We’re hopeful of getting to the Moree Cup, but I think he could to it a bit tough (today) because he’s drawn very poorly,” Wilson said.

“But in saying that, Georgie has won on him before and he’ll have to roll forward from the gate.

“He doesn’t have an explosive turn of foot, that’s for sure, and he can’t settle back in the field and rip home – he likes to keep whacking away,” he said.

Georgina O’Donnell returns to scale on Lesgo Don at Moree in December. They reunite at Moree today.

Lesgo Don resumed with a top-notch fourth at Glen Innes before finishing seventh on his home track nearly two weeks ago.

“His run at Glen Innes was good, which leads me to think the run at Inverell might’ve been a case of second-up syndrome,” Wilson said.

“He was three-deep the trip at Glen Innes and still ran on, so he might’ve done it a little bit tougher than we initially thought.”

Stable newcomer Himorher transfers to Wilson from the Rod Northam yard at Scone.

The mare ran a big race over an unsuitable 1200m at Inverell on May 23 and Kody Nestor today is a key booking.

“She’s the dark horse, I think,” Wilson said.

“She’s a very good mare and has a lot of ability, but she can have a mind of her own and has to do everything right – if she does everything right, she’ll be in the finish.

“She went back in the field from the alley at the first start we gave her and got to the line well in benchmark-82 grade, so she’ll feel the drop back in class at Moree,” Wilson said.

Four-year-old mare Gerety, a good third on her home track last start, jumps from barrier one in the 950m Big Sky Country BM-58 Handicap, with three-kilo claimer Emily Farr on board.

“I give her a big hope, but Cody Morgan’s horse (Immortal Lass) will be very hard to beat. It won quite well at Glen Innes,” Wilson said.

“We should get a very good run from barrier one. Barriers don’t really matter from the 950m at Moree, but inside always helps.

“I’m hoping the track’s not too soft – the harder the better for Gerety.

“But she’s won at the track, and ran well at Inverell from a bad alley. I think we’ve got her going well again – we’re just hoping for some luck,” Wilson said.