Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted April 17, 2019 It was a disappointment in a way that ULTIMATE SNIPER came up with a bad report from an immediate racing point of view but on the other hand we were pleased in a way because it has achieved what we set out to do sending him up north which was to extend his career by not pushing him too hard at this stage. Natalie thought there was something just niggling him and it was in the knee and she was right. It is just an immaturity thing, too much pressure put on when the body is not quite ready for it. We see it often enough these days when you look at the times these young horses are needing to run and having found the problem here we can do something about it and extend his racing career long term. He is such a genuine horse he is doing it even when parts of him are not really ready for it, At this stage he would be back in the stable in August. We are talking about Auckland in December but all going well he would probably be ready for a race at the Cup meeting if he were back at that time. So we will just have to wait and see. In some ways this is good news because there is no injury. AS Webpage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket RC 209 Report post Posted April 18, 2019 Well done to the connections for taking care of the horse first. Many an owner or trainer might have kept on given its winning strike rate and had no horse in 12 months. Thejanitor and Iraklis 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...