Results for tag: prospect wells
Posted by:
PNicholls
on Apr 13, 2012 at 08:26:53 AM
[i]14:00, Aintree[/i]
[b]Prospect Wells[/b]
This high-class Flat performer showed very smart novice form before Christmas but we found him to be suffering from a trapped epiglottis after he disappointed badly at Sandown in January. Took a while to get over the breathing operation that he subsequently had, but pleased us in his work before Cheltenham and took his chance in the Supreme, fitted with a tongue tie. And he ran his best race over hurdles yet, finishing just over 2 lengths in fifth, pulling 8 lengths clear of the sixth home. Certainly doesn't lack pace - he won a Group 2 over 1m2f in France - so perhaps this flatter, speed track will suit him even better. Darlan looks the one to beat again.
[i]14:30, Aintree[/i]
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Posted by:
PNicholls
on Jan 18, 2012 at 10:17:13 AM
We have saddled 14 consecutive losers since Hold Fast won at Sandown on January 7, but am I worried with the overall form of the yard?
The answer is an emphatic no.
I have made no secret of the fact that January is often a very quiet month for me, both on the runner and winner front, because that is my modus operandi. As Jenny Barons used to say to me, work them hard up until the New Year, back off for a few weeks, then steadily stoke the work into them and start all over again.
And part of backing off the horses and giving them a mid-season breather is administering flu jabs over the Christmas period. That is a common factor to all the horses.
But is there another connected, underlying concern to the arguably below-par form of the horses?
It is clearly not always possible...