Timing is everything in racing, particularly when it comes to the age-restricted futurity series that roll around each and every year.

Having a horse peak for big Group 1 finals, right at the end of a gruelling campaign, is an art regularly displayed by the best trainers in the game.

And while Snake Valley horseman Damien Burns is relatively inexperienced in tackling the Vicbred Super Series, he has a great opportunity to taste success for the first time Friday evening.

Burns has one of the favourites in the two-year-old colts and geldings final in Solesseo Matuca, who will be a formidable opponent for his 11 rivals in the $130,000 feature at Tabcorp Park Melton.

The emerging juvenile won his heat at Shepparton on December 14 and backed it up with a tough triumph in the semi-final eight days later to become the horse to beat in Friday night's series decider.

Burns, who only runs a small team while working another job at the Ballarat Base Hospital, is yet to win a Group 1 from more than 600 starters as a trainer, but is feeling good about his chances with Solesseo Matuca, who will be driven by champion reinsman Anthony Butt.

“To win a heat like he did, I thought that will do me,” Burns said.

“I thought that if he doesn’t do anything from then on, I could say he’s done his job for the season. But to go out and do it again in the semi, which I think was probably a better run again, he’s shocking us a little bit all the time.

“From the semi-final run, he’s actually come on. I can’t believe how much better he’s going this week. He’ll run the best race he’s ever run this week. Whether he can win, I don’t know, but I’d be very surprised if he let us down.”

Solesseo Matuca won four of his first six starts at the races, but various circumstances resulted in him being out of the winner’s circle until his Vicbred Super Series performances in recent weeks.

And with some regular racing under his belt and a few little changes behind the scenes, he’s in top shape heading into the biggest assignment of his career.

“I can’t wait,” Burns, 41, said.

“I’m actually not nervous. It’s maybe the first Group 1 where I’ve had a realistic chance of winning, although his brother (Youaremy Sunshine) was pretty handy too and had a couple of goes at it. But I’m at the stage where I’m going to enjoy this week.

“Anything he does I’m happy with, but I think I’ve got the horse as good as I can get him.”

Burns will also take stablemate Everybodyluvskenny to the races Friday for the Vicbred Super Series 2YO Trotting Colts and Geldings Final, where he hopes to put an end to champion juvenile Plymouth Chubb’s 13-start winning streak.

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