Last year, the recently retired Rockinwithattitude conquered London To A Brick while another subsequent Inter Dominion champion (The Locomotive) was amongst the vanquished that night.
The Group 1 $150,000 feature is designed for three-year-old and four-year-old trotters, a mobile start event staged over 2138m.
In short, the Great Square has quickly cemented itself as one of the premier trotting events on the calendar and connections throughout Australasia are keen to contest and ultimately, win the prized feature.
The Great Square is scheduled to run on December 6 this year.
Connections of many of the outstanding young trotters are starting to circle including Victorian star mares Keayang Zahara, Violet Stanford, Jilliby Ballerini and Maoris Mac plus the exciting Hoppy among others.
But Ajay Volstead will fly the flag for the local brigade.
“He’s very fast and obviously he’s got a bright future. We’re very much looking forward to the Great Square because it’s been the target race all the way along. We could’ve pushed for a start in the Triad feature but ultimately, we weren’t going to start him half right,” Weeks said.
“Obviously it’s going to be a deep race, most of the top trotters are headed this way but we think Vinny (stable name) will more than hold his own. We’re excited by the challenge, and it would be great to be the first Queenslander to win the event.
“He’s got all the attributes to be a good trotter, and the Great Square is hopefully the first major stepping stone moving forward. We’ve got the Inter Dominion for the next two years and this is part of bigger picture; we aim to be competing in these features.”