Victorian trainer Mitchell Freedman believes he has found the key to success with Attrition and hopes it can lead to another upset win – and a handy consolation result in Sydney for his stable – in the $2 million Hill Stakes (1900m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

Attrition won the group 2 Hill Stakes last year as a $26 chance, towing the field up to breakaway leader Royal Patronage before holding off Kovalica by a neck in a gritty performance that netted almost half of his career prizemoney to date of $2.43 million.

The six-year-old son of Churchill again hits the Hill Stakes fourth up on Saturday off a solid last-start effort in the group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley. He was best of the rest behind star pair Pride Of Jenni and Treasurethe Moment two weeks ago. The 2023 group 1 Too

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