TOM GEORGE on Tuesday said Nacarat was at the top of his game as he put the finishing touches to his preparation for Saturday's rearranged William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton.
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The nine-year-old is as short as 9-1 third favourite behind Kauto Star and Long Run and George is looking forward to seeing him take his chance on the weekend.
He said: "We have been delighted with him. He did his last piece of work this morning and I could not have him any better in my opinion. There are a few days to go, but we could not be happier with him at this stage."
George believes that trying to go with Kauto Star in good to soft ground late on last season may have cost Nacarat the chance of finishing in the frame, and he is hoping that he may be not so testing this time round.(to my mind the ground going softer than this will help Nacarat - Bob)
He told At The Races: "I thought last year with the right pace we could have beaten the rest of them but we paid the price for trying to go with Kauto on the home term when nobody else could on ground which was very testing.
"So we just hope that the ground is not quite so soft this time and we have got to ride the race as it comes."
Paddy Brennan is due to take the ride on Nacarat.
2 comments:
Hi Bob, so are you actually going to tip up Nacarat? I am looking for something to beat Kauto and have drarwn up a short list, but they all have stones to find. How will the re-run race affect the trends/stats?
am happy with Nacarat as on my shortlist Martin and will be putting the stats that give him a chance later on. The horse that is trained to the minute for boxing day has had to be let down and that applies to all of them of course - on my own track record and stats "I would expect good to soft, soft in places ground on Saturday," that is all good for kauto!
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