Tommy Berry holds an old flame for Rothfire

Tommy Berry will ride Rothfire in the Stradbroke Handicap. Berry offered to ride the horse in a gallop during one of the Queenslander sprinter's Sydney trips. The horse has been through the wringer with injury over the past two years. Rothfires chances have been dealt a blow by drawing barrier 20. He gets some weight relief dropping back to handicap conditions. He had fractured a sesamoid and had two chips the size of a thumb nail removed. However, he is still in good shape.