Owners go into meltdown over rising stayer Frozen Rope Poised ... Josh Parr has Frozen Rope (far right, blue cap) set to pounce at Rosehill last month. Photo: Jenny Evans MUCH noise emanated from the connections of Frozen Rope, a winner at Rosehill last time out, but central coast trainer Adam Duggan prefers to let his horses do his talking for him. While an excitable band of owners wreaked havoc on themselves with their jubilant celebrations, Duggan happily resumed normal service. "I'm trying to build a results-based business rather than drum myself up which you can either do or you can't," the Gosford horseman said. I'm trying to do it that way and you need these sorts of horses to try to get your name out there. Financially it really helps as well and I'm definitely starting to get a few more phone calls. Not least from Frozen Rope's ownership group, who even descended on Gosford to watch a pre-dawn gallop before Saturday's assignment at Rosehill. "I'm going to get them wearing helmets and mouthguards," Duggan joked after serious injury was only narrowly averted last time out. They were all at trackwork [on Wednesday] morning to watch him at 5.30 and you can't curb their enthusiasm. Tempering expectations is proving something of a tough task for Duggan, who also shares in the ownership of Frozen Rope. He has patiently let the five-year-old scale his grades, often with the help of rejuvenated hoop Josh Parr, who shares a strong friendship with the gelding's owners. Despite stretching the horse to a staying test in his maiden preparation, Duggan has resisted the urge to ramp up the work this time in. "In his first preparation to just about win a 2100-metre race probably told me he was going to get out and run a trip," Duggan said. But in saying that, he sprints so well, and if you look at him he looks like an out and out stayer and he goes like a bomb first-up. While he's sprinting so well I didn't want to step him out to any further than the 1500 [metres] because he just retains that speed. I didn't want to take it away from him by stepping him up in distance too quick. But with races like the Parramatta and Canberra cups looming, Duggan has no qualms about Frozen Rope relishing Saturday's 2000-metre test, aided by the prospect of a soft track. "He wins when you turn the taps on, this bloke - he absolutely loves it," Duggan said of his charge's three from four record on bog tracks. Even in trackwork this week on heavy tracks, his times have been comparable to before he went to Rosehill on a dry track. Duggan said the picture in the lead-up to the autumn carnival could become a little clearer after Frozen Rope takes on the likes of Kukri, shooting for three straight wins, and the resuming Thubiaan, which has a solid fresh record over ground.