It's unlikely. There are some pretty slow horses in this race. If this horse had significant ability, they would have pointed him to the $25K MSW at Camden the following week. But maybe they're just trying to give him an easy introduction to jumping and he'll progress from there. I would think this is a race he could win.
This horse used to be owned by Darley Stable and is now owned by Sharon Sheppard (unable to determine if there is a connection to champion trainer, Jonathan Sheppard), but if so, it would not surprise me if this horse was given to Danielle in an effort to get her training career off to a start. Danielle is a top jumps rider and usually rides first call for Jonathan, as well as serving as his assistant trainer.
03-25-2011, 11:16 AM
Still, I like the idea of giving this chap a try over jumps. They have very little to lose.
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