In the two decades since he began his racing life as a jockey shortly after his 15th birthday, Perth trainer Dion Luciani has never had a Group 1 winner.
Plenty of near misses, both as a rider and trainer, have only brought greater determination to strike at the highest level rather than frustration and disappointment.
But Luciani is more than hopeful that his stable star, Oscar's Fortune, will be able to break his Group 1 duck at the weekend when he travels east to become the trainer's first runner in South Australia.
Oscar's Fortune, a three-year-old gelded son of Rich Enuff, will try to land the spoils in a hot edition of the $1 million Goodwood, SA's only open Group 1 sprint.
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