Uttoxeter Thursday
Another summer week, another Uttoxeter evening meeting, and Richard Guest has two horses declared. READY TO RUMBLE made a reasonable reappearance from a winter break when finishing sixth at Kelso last month, but looks to have it all on off bottom weight in the 2m handicap hurdle. I was surprised when Guest brought him back from New Zealand, as he had far more miles on the clock than most of the animals he sources from down there - 50 Flat runs spread over five seasons and a thoroughly exposed look about him in that discpline. As he's already an 8yo, a switch to fences really ought not be long in coming.
The other runner for Guest tomorrow is far more intriguing, being TIPSY MOUSE, a full brother to 1995 Grand National winner Royal Athlete and until three weeks ago a Trevor Hemmings-owned inmate of Sue Smith's yard. He looked to have a cracking future ahead of him in marathon chases during 2003-4, but it seemed the strain of all those big runs over 3m - 4m caught up with him last season, and he was still struggling at the end of it even after being dropped nearly a stone in the ratings. No matter, he wouldn't be the first jaded animal Guest has breathed new life back into if he improves again for his handling, and his introduction tomorrow - in a 3m Class D handicap chase - seems reasonable enough. Alistair Whitehouse-Jones of the Racing Post rightly makes the point that the likely fast surface really ought not inconvenience him too much, given his sibling's preference for it (another full sibling, Lambrini Bianco, is an improving animal and landed a Southwell chase on good to firm last month) and despite him having run mostly on soft recently. I do seem to recall him landing a Hexham chase on the first day of the 2003-4 season, and it was definitely riding good or faster that day.
Tipsy Mouse was one of numerous purchases from the Tattersalls Doncaster Sales in the final week of May, and there were quite a few high-profile horses inamongst those now residing at Brancepeth - Wylie / Johnson cast-off Chivalry, former Grand Annual winner St Pirran and formeryl useful staying chaser Shotgun Willy to name but three. This seems as good a point as any for me to dig out the list of these purchases, so I'll out this in the next entry I do.
The other runner for Guest tomorrow is far more intriguing, being TIPSY MOUSE, a full brother to 1995 Grand National winner Royal Athlete and until three weeks ago a Trevor Hemmings-owned inmate of Sue Smith's yard. He looked to have a cracking future ahead of him in marathon chases during 2003-4, but it seemed the strain of all those big runs over 3m - 4m caught up with him last season, and he was still struggling at the end of it even after being dropped nearly a stone in the ratings. No matter, he wouldn't be the first jaded animal Guest has breathed new life back into if he improves again for his handling, and his introduction tomorrow - in a 3m Class D handicap chase - seems reasonable enough. Alistair Whitehouse-Jones of the Racing Post rightly makes the point that the likely fast surface really ought not inconvenience him too much, given his sibling's preference for it (another full sibling, Lambrini Bianco, is an improving animal and landed a Southwell chase on good to firm last month) and despite him having run mostly on soft recently. I do seem to recall him landing a Hexham chase on the first day of the 2003-4 season, and it was definitely riding good or faster that day.
Tipsy Mouse was one of numerous purchases from the Tattersalls Doncaster Sales in the final week of May, and there were quite a few high-profile horses inamongst those now residing at Brancepeth - Wylie / Johnson cast-off Chivalry, former Grand Annual winner St Pirran and formeryl useful staying chaser Shotgun Willy to name but three. This seems as good a point as any for me to dig out the list of these purchases, so I'll out this in the next entry I do.
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