Pukekohe trainer Ray Green will attempt something never done before with Sunday’s Australasian Breeders Crown champion King Of Swing.

Rather than follow the usual formula of spelling the horse and bypassing Spring racing, Green is going to keep his star sophomore in work.

So, the lucrative Sires Stakes Series, which culminates in a Group 1 final at Addington on Cup Day in November, is firmly on the programme.

No previous juvenile Breeders Crown winner has ever contested the Sires Stakes Series, let alone won it, so this is uncharted territory.

 “We don’t give them long spells - they get them when they retire.

“He’ll have a short spell – probably a week –and then get straight back in to it.

“It’s too hard to get them back to that level after a long beak and starting from scratch.

“There are just so many opportunities for three-year-olds; it’s so incredibly lucrative.

“I don’t see why he won’t be contesting the Sires Stakes Series with a view to the final on Cup Day down south.”