RACING POST TUESDAY MARCH 5th 2013
WEEK MONDAY MARCH 4th TO SUNDAY MARCH 10th 2013
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CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2013
PUNTERS ZONE IN THEORY MEET UP WITH EQUUS ZONE IN PRACTICE
Tuesday March 12 to Friday March 15
http://www.cheltenham-festival.co.uk/
http://www.cheltenhamfestivalinfo.com/index.php/en/
http://www.cheltenhamfestivalinfo.com/index.php/en/
SIMPLY AWESOME
Rodney Masters
SIMONSIG sets pulses
racing in festival gallop.
Racing Post Arkle
favourite sets Lambourn alight in pre-festival gallop
"SO,WHAT odds would
SIMONSIG be for the St James Champion Hurdle next Tuesday?
"My
guess is no more than 5-1 after watching a stunning work session from Nicky
Henderson's 4-6 favourite for the Racing Post Arkle Chase
on the trainer's private Faringdon
Road
"His
work was so good it sent the mind racing. Giddy thoughts, like what a shame the
Champion Hurdle and Arkle do not individually bookend the festival meeting,
rather than being 75 minutes apart. We could have speculated feverishly about SIMONSIG doing a FLYINGBOLT with a second appearance in a championship
race switched from hurdles to fences. (yes, yes, yes, key factor for the
future)
"In
the four-horse session over
nine-furlongs on the deep cushioned turf that has not seen a plough in 300
years (yes, yes, yes), SIMONSIG and JERRY McGRATH finished a couple of lengths
ahead of GRANDOUET (DAVID BASS). MEGALYPOS and TISTORY made up the quartet.
They all worked well enough, it was just that SIMONSIG partner JERRY McGRATH
sent the wow factor spinning off in the region of Didcot power station's
towering chimneys. Newmarket
"
SIMONSIG is always a flashy worker here; he's breathtaking isn't he?" said
Henderson
"I'll
probably do a little bit more with him and a few others here on Friday. It's
too late by then to be having away days to a racecourse."
"The
springy turf gallop was a sharp contrast to the frost- frozen ground at
Newbury, where the horses had been scheduled to work shortly after 7am.
Frustratingly, that plan was aborted for the second morning.
"The
horses had a morning away, only to finish back on their own patch, but they've
had a good gallop at home now and all's well," said the trainer.
"Before
the main work, the horses stretched their muscles over 6 furlongs of the
adjacent Crow Down grass gallop'
"Half
a dozen Henderson horses, including PUNJABI, had arrived at the course and were
being led in a circle outside the stables, with travelling head groom (minder )
(handler rider) (handler presenter). Bloodhorse
literate trainer teams should be made up of top athletic horsemen. A much
higher calibre than grooms, if not,
they should need to be. That the government powers that fail to understand this.
Refusing an Equus Zone to the trainers and riders they are licensing, is the
reason why British horseracing and all the Equus Zone people in it, to include
the horses are being let down so badly at present. A situation that has remained to be the
case over the last 6 decades. A shocking situation. All taken for granted by governments.
"SARAH
SHREEVE at SIMONSIG's head. Henderson
"Ideally,
I'd liked them to have worked at Newbury but it was far too frosty. We're lucky
to have these grass gallops at home."
"Meanwhile,
preparation was completed on the Faringdon
Road
"Earlier
at Newbury, despite being busy reorganising his team, there was a quiet gesture
of kindness from Henderson Henderson
"What
an unbelievably kind thought," said Baker. "A week before the
festival I'm sure Nicky had plenty of other things on his mind. What's more, he
took me alongside in his jeep to see his horses in action.
"It
was so special to see SIMONSIG work like that, A morning that started badly for
me was transformed into a brilliant one.
"One
thought not of the earlier giddy variety: the showdown between SIMONSIG and
OVERTURN will be the race of the festival."
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