Horse Racing

Two Queries For Wymott In Hennessy Gold Cup

Trainer Donald McCain has the joint favourite for this weekend’s Hennessy Gold Cup and he says his horse Wymott is in fine condition.

However he’s far from  declaring him a moral with two main concerns ahead of the race.

Number one is the fact he comes into it first up after a long break and the second is in terms of the track conditions.

“I would always prefer to have got a run into a horse before a race like this – that’s just the way I was brought up – but I’m happy that he’s over his injury. In fact, he seems as well as I’ve ever had him,” McCain said.

“He came back from Cheltenham with a small fracture to the top of his cannonbone – he was lame after that race.”

He maintains the seven year old is now back to full fitness though and ready to perform at the same level he has in previous seasons.

That does depend on him probably handling a good rated track though, something he’s seen only twice in his career.

“I’d be more than happy to run him on good ground, although good ground at Newbury does bother me a little bit. That said he’d seem to have a very competitive chance, so we’ll go even if the ground is good.”

To be fair he did win one of those two starts on good ground so it shouldn’t be a major concern.

There’s no guarantee the course will even be in good condition either as clerk of the course Richard Osgood said.

“I would not envisage the going changing much from what it is now.

“It’s good, good to soft in places. The weather today is mild. The coldest time is forecast to be Wednesday morning, when we might have some grass frost, but temperatures will be nothing to worry about.

“There is a front coming in, due to arrive Tuesday, perhaps in the night, that may bring a few millimetres of rain, not too much. Then it is due to become milder. I wouldn’t envisage the going changing much from what it is now.”

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