The Xcellent one returns.....

[Mortimer]

!!

But who's Stanley?




Actually I made a great post here,but it got darted.

You would have loved it.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by mortimerdexterfoxworthy

!!

But who's Stanley?




Actually I made a great post here,but it got darted.

You would have loved it.

You mean this poor horse went through all the trouble of writing a diary and you didn't read it?

Stan is his nickname.

[Mortimer]

I feel so stupid.



Forgive me.

[my miss storm cat]

Stan said to tell you it's cool and not to feel bad.

[_ed_]

Great to see that Xcellent has recovered from his injuries, looked for a while like he may not race again.

However, going into the Stradbroke fresh? 20 months after his last race? That's a massive ask. I really like the horse but the Stradbroke is a tough race (not to mention over a distance short of his best) and I can't say I agree with them targeting it.

There's no guarantee he's the same horse he was before the injury, and I'd prefer to see him eased back into racing rather than dumped straight in at the deep end.

But he is a horse who keeps surprising me - "he can't win the Derby at his 3rd career start", "1400m G1 Mudgway fresh? Can't win...look, he's last with 400 to go!"...

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by _ed_

Great to see that Xcellent has recovered from his injuries, looked for a while like he may not race again.

However, going into the Stradbroke fresh? 20 months after his last race? That's a massive ask. I really like the horse but the Stradbroke is a tough race (not to mention over a distance short of his best) and I can't say I agree with them targeting it.

There's no guarantee he's the same horse he was before the injury, and I'd prefer to see him eased back into racing rather than dumped straight in at the deep end.

But he is a horse who keeps surprising me - "he can't win the Derby at his 3rd career start", "1400m G1 Mudgway fresh? Can't win...look, he's last with 400 to go!"...

Thanks for your insight. i know nothing about the race, only about the horse so i appreciate it.

Hope he does well and comes home safe.

[_ed_]

Me too, his trainer is a guy who knows what he's doing so I'm sure they're confident he'll be able to handle the challenge alright. He's also been entered in the Kelt Stakes in October, that's our biggest race for older horses and it's over 2000m (10f). He won it in 2005, I think that's much more his race.