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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
You said "he needed fast ground to be at his best" and any ground other than fast was his "achilles heel"
Here is his career form:
He ran 3 times on yielding ground - once easily winning a Group 1, once easily winning a Group 2, and the other time running 2nd in the English Derby at 12 furlongs to eventual 2-time Breeders Cup Turf winner High Chapperal - he was 12 lengths clear of 3rd place finisher (eventual Dubai World Cup winner Moon Ballad)
While his 11 length win technically came on good ground - it started to rain right before the race.
After his career was over - only an idiot would think he disliked wet ground. Horses who dislike wet ground get drowned over it on multiple occasions with no success. |
From the trainer of Hawk Wing, Less effective on soft ground.
Byline: Tony O'hehir
A HISTORY-making 2,000 Guineas treble is already in the bag, yet Aidan O'Brien Aidan P. O'Brien (born [1]]], is an Irish horse racing trainer. He is the private trainer for John Magnier and his associates at Coolmore Stud and heads up the training operation at Ballydoyle Stables in County Tipperary. is being
ultra-cautious, even by his standards, about his triple challenge for today's race.
O'Brien was avoiding inquisitive journalists like the plague at
Epsom yesterday as the rain-softened ground raised further doubts about the effectiveness of the long-time favourite Hawk Wing Hawk Wing was a racehorse, foaled in 1999, and trained by Aidan O'Brien.
He was the top two-year old of 2001 in the UK & Ireland, by virtue of a two and a half length win in the National Stakes. .
As trainer of Hawk Wing and High Chaparral
For the American TV series see: The High Chaparral