by Jimmie, Star Racing Writer

MANY-time champion trainer Philip Feanny says he is undecided whether RUM TALK will lineup in the May 12 Lotto Classic for the Governor's Cup.

"I'm not sure yet," Feanny said last Thursday following RUM TALK's big win over MUCHO GUSTO close home in the April 7 2000 Guineas over a mile.

"I have to watch and see how much weight he regains," Feanny said.

Should RUM TALK take his chances in the Lotto Classic, he will carry topweight 57.0 kilos, giving away weight all around in what could be another match-up between himself and Anthony Nunes-trained MUCHO GUSTO.

Nunes confirmed MUCHO GUSTO's participation.

"He has come out of the race good and we will take our chances there," he said.

Despite his storming stretch run in the 2000 Guineas, a repeat of December's Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes victory over MUCHO GUSTO, Feanny said RUM TALK is no sure-shot to win June's Jamaica Derby at 12 furlongs.

"The Derby is a speciality race," he said. "It's two turns. People might look and say he came from so far back to win the Guineas but that's a different race.

"Going two turns, there's no guarantee he will respond the same way. We'll now have to prepare him to run two turns," Feanny added.

RUM TALK, the champion two-year-old of 2006, lost his first race on March 17 when he was outsprinted by MUCHO GUSTO at 1400 metres on a wet track in the Prince Consort Stakes.

However, he set the record straight, closing like a train under Trevor Simpson over the final furlong to nab MUCHO GUSTO stealing home with Paul Francis in the 2000 Guineas.

Feanny was pleased with his other entrant, BLUE MAGIC, whose stamina was in doubt at a mile.

"I didn't know if BLUE MAGIC would've got the trip but he certainly did," Feanny pointed out.

Allen Maragh, who rode BLUE MAGIC, said his horse would've probably finished second, instead of out of the frame, were it not for interference suffered when making a challenging move at the top of the straight.

"One thing for sure, at the furlong pole, I would've been two to three lengths clear and it would've been a different race," said Maragh.