This Sunday at Tattersalls Park Helsinki Jones will have her twelfth start, and be aiming for her fifth win, this preparation.

It is not unusual for trainer Gary White to race a quality mare six or seven times in a preparation, but to reach the dozen is a rare feature for a trainer who openly admits to being 'too soft' on his horses.

"I always look at the bigger picture, this sport is all about dreaming".

"You have to sacrifice short term rewards for long term success in this game and more often than not that means sending an in form horse to the paddock", the trainer of two time horse of the year Stuyvesant said.

But thirty years in the training game has taught White one thing for sure – every horse needs to be trained differently.

Helsinki Jones Showing Her Opaque Eye

"The opaqueness of the eye is actually caused by damage to the scerla, which is the white of our eyes, but is normally black in horses", White went on to explain.

“Its probably why we were able to purchase her so cheaply”, said White of the $4000 purchase who has now won prizemoney in excess of $50,000.

The opaque eye has caused Helsinki Jones no issues at all but did draw concern from a steward who noticed it recently.

White intends to aim the mare at some fillies & mares races in Victoria during her next preparation, which raises the question - when will this one end?

"I want to spell her and I'm sure the owners would be happy to spell her, but the thing is she is working, eating and feeling better than she was first up!", proclaimed White.

He did concede that she was probably due a tired run but that doesn't mean this one eyed supporter isn't expecting Helsinki's fifth win this Sunday.

"She's tough, she's fast and she is happy, why shouldn't I be confident".