,Lay Should shorten further, Because Handazan looks to have a impossible task to reverse the form, I feel he can, But I would ask you not to call the men in white coats, I know you might think I have lost the plot, But like I have said many times never be afraid to form your own opinion
When I sat down to
look at this race, I too thought, Na Handazan
got no bleeping chance, Viewed
the replays, was even more convinced that Handazan could not reverse the form,
Then I looked at the market sentiment. HAND EV, WEST 15/8.
This made no sense,
At this point I decided to visit the website of Alan King.
Had I not took the time to visit the website, I would not have know that he
was gelded after the Aintree race, Castration is not just carried out to
improve the temperament and attitude of a horse, Also in the long run it dose
reduce the heaviness which is associated
with pressure on the fore legs, Don't think that just because a horse is
gelded, its going to help him run faster, The genetics remain the same, the
horse will have his mind more on the job, But don't be expecting him to sprout wings and win very
easily, He will still have to work hard to beat
Far West.
Why do you think he
won well on the 8th of June? Tap-Tap-
Tap- OK do you give up? You might be thinking the heavy ground? Hmm yes, But
that's not why,
No distractions from
females, This is the point where I thought you might call in the men in white
coats, But before you do, lets look at the races where he ran badly, After this impressive he then ran.
9th July Race
Here,
In this race there were 5 Fillies In the race that Far West Beat him, 2
distractions were present, Acht ran very close to him through out the race, When
Acht dropped away, So did Handazan
Desire to run, Even his win on the 28th Oct, was somewhat laboured, Here
again there was a distraction in the form of Rosie, Not her from Coronation street.
Some of you might
laugh, But lets assume that you are in the mood for it,( Hope you don't want me
to spell it out), You all worked up, Would your mind be on the paper work that
you had to finish off, Or on you know what? I hope you don't say paper work, Sorry
to repeat myself, Horses are not machines, They too have desires like you and
I, Like we can get easily distracted, So can horses, Today the race is a lady free race, If Haz dictates the pace I can see him sending West
East, Keep in mind that today its proper heavy ground which should suite Haz
more than it would west, this is not a 2
horse race, Tidal way, could be suited
by the stiff uphill Finish
