Speaking to The Standard, Payne said he was looking at shipping in sand by trucks, allowing him to give horses intense cardio work without putting stress on their legs.

The three-time Warrnambool Grand Annual Steeplechase-winning trainer visited Lady Bay Beach and Levys Point with local trainer Peter Lafferty after last Friday’s Warrnambool meeting.

“I just wanted to have a look around at the Lady Bay Beach and the dunes,” Payne said. “I’ve heard so much about those areas. It was  really an educational visit.

“I’ve picked up a few ideas which I may implement on my property.

“I’ve got 320 acres and I’ve put aside 10 acres where I’ll look at creating the effect of the dunes artificially.

“I’m just so grateful that Peter came along to show me around. His late father Kevin was one of the first to train horses in those areas many years ago.

“I just think setting up the artificial facilities will give longevity to older horses.

“I’ve got a fair bit of thinking to do about the project, but it’s something I would love to pursue.”

Payne’s jumping stars Zed Em and Sea King are back in New Zealand with Kiwi trainer Kevin Myers, but they will come back to contest some of Victoria’s feature jumping races next year.

“I’m seriously considering setting Sea King for the Warrnambool Grand Annual Steeplechase,” Payne said.

“Sea King is an outstanding jumper.

“He won a Thackeray Steeplechase around Warrnambool, so we know he handles the tricky course. Sea King loves wet tracks, I just hope we have an early wet winter as we would also consider running Zed Em in the Annual.

“He was gallant in running second in this year’s Annual. We would look at taking Zed Em over for the Oakbank Carnival.”

Slowpoke Rodriguez, Ours and Lamborghini are already in light work preparing for jumping races next year.

“We’ll looking at running Slowpoke Rodriguez, Ours and Lamborghini at the picnics over the summer,” Payne said.

“We’ve got our seasoned jumpers but we’ve also got a handy second tier of jumping horses. Sir Lopez is having a month in the paddock. We’ll bring him back for some of the early jumps races at Oakbank.”

Payne’s Grand Annual winners are Awakening Dream (2012), Chaparro (2014) and No Song No Supper (2016).

WARRNAMBOOL mare Working From Home added some black type to her record with a second placing behind From Within in the $120,000 Alinghi Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.

Trainer Daniel Bowman was excited with the performance of his stable star.

“It was a top run,” Bowman said. “She was very brave. I knew she could improve off her first-up run last month.

“She went into her first-up run a big under down. Her work over the last two weeks has been faultless.

“I was very confident she would run well after we had rain on Saturday. She appreciates tracks with a bit of give in them.

“It’s great for Working From Homes connections that she’s got a black type placing next to her name. We may run her in a race on Oaks Day, but we’ll work that out over the next few days.”

Working From Home has won four races from nine starts, earning more than $130,000 in stakemoney.

POPULAR Warrnambool trainer Mark O’Donnell hasn’t decided which path he will go down with promising galloper Rebellious Lord after the five-year-old won a benchmark 64 race over 1700 metres at his home track last Friday.

“Rebellious Lord is a handy horse,” O’Donnell said. “He’s won three of his 10 starts and been unlucky not to have had another couple of wins to his credit. I think Rebellious Lord is looking for 2000 metres.

“I’m not sure whether to head to Melbourne or go to Adelaide with him.

“The biggest worry going forward is he’s going to get a lot of weight at country race meetings.”

Rebellious Lord took his stake earnings to more than $67,000 with his win.

TAMERETT repaid Symon Wilde for his judgement when she won a restricted race over 1400 metres  at Warrnambool last Friday.

Wilde revealed after Tamerett defeated Queen Leonora and Sleek Acheeva that she was nearly sold to Darwin connections in the lead up to the race.

“There was an offer on the table for Tamerett a couple of weeks ago,” he said.

“The owners decided not to accept the offer, that decision has proven correct.

“She picked up $11,000 for her win on Friday which is more money then was put on the table for her. I think she’s looking for 1600 metres. I’m confident there’s more improvement in her.”

Meanwhile, Wilde was happy with the second placing of Under The Bridge at his second run for his stable in a 2030 metre race at Warrnambool.

“Under The Bridge was not suited to the tight turning track at Bairnsdale at his first run for us,” he said.

“He loved the big roomy track at Warrnambool. He’s a nice type of horse. We purchased him from New Zealand with staying and jumps races  as his aims going forward.”

Under The Bridge has won one of his four starts.