The fickle business of breeding will be accentuated when Group One Oakleigh Plate winner Woorim’s younger brother, Bribie, attempts to claim a lowly restricted race at Doomben on Wednesday.

Trainer Rob Heathcote ended years of trying when Woorim gave him his first Group One victory in the Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield last Saturday.

Tasmanian-born Heathcote has been training for 12 years and has claimed Brisbane’s training honours for the past three years but a Group One triumph had eluded him several times until Woorim’s Oakleigh Plate success.

The celebrations are now over and it’s business as usual for Heathcote who has nine runners engaged at Doomben.

Bribie has started eight times for two wins and three placings but has not raced since finishing second to Daneomite when he was slowly away in a 1200-metre Class 3 at Eagle Farm in late October.

The four-year-old was a heavily-backed favourite but was a late scratching after becoming cast in the barriers at Eagle Farm a fortnight ago,.

“Bribie is clearly the pick of my chances tomorrow,” Heathcote said.

“It was totally out of character when he had to be scratched last time after flipping over.

“I was forced to send him to Deagon for a soft barrier trial last week before the stewards would let him start again and he trialled great.

“I even put him in the barriers this morning at Eagle Farm and he stood there like he was reading the paper.”

Heathcote has always had a good opinion of Bribie but has reservations whether he can emulate Woorim by winning at the elite level.

“The pressure is on him now to try and live up to his brother who is a Group One winner,” he said.

Bribie and Woorim are both owned by Ross and Judy Cutts who owned and raced the pair’s sire, Show A Heart, a multiple Group One winner.

The Cutts bred the pair from Wabble, a Canadian Silver mare they bought for $7500 as a yearling who went on to win five times in 14 starts.

Meanwhile, Heathcote is looking for more Group One glory in Melbourne when Woorim and Buffering clash in the Group One Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday week.

“Woorim will stay on in Melbourne after the Newmarket while Buffering runs in the (Group One) William Reid Stakes,” Heathcote said.

“Buffering will then go home for a break before preparing for the winter carnival while Woorim will go to Sydney for the George Ryder and Doncaster Mile.”

The Group One George Ryder Stakes (1500m) will be run at Rosehill on April 7, two weeks before the Group One Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick.