Joe Tizzard blog: ‘I’m really looking forward to having him back in action’

In the latest Joe Tizzard blog, the Coral ambassador previews his runners for this weekend’s horse racing action.

Joe Tizzard blog

Saturday

Newbury 2.40 – Amarillo Sky

With Warwick off, we have just the two Saturday runners, both at Newbury, at a meeting we’ve always enjoyed having runners at, and one at Exeter on Sunday.

Amarillo Sky also likes this course, having won here twice previously.  Off for over a year with a tendon injury he picked up on his last run, at Cheltenham last January, I’m delighted to get him back on track.

He’s been back in work for a long time, doing plenty of steady work to start, and then we’ve ramped up the work in the last six weeks, but having been off for so long, he will improve for this comeback run.  That said, I’d be confident he’s fit enough to run well here, it’s a trappy little race but he’s shown he goes well here, and he won’t mind the soft ground.  I’m really looking forward to running him, and hopefully we can make up for lost time and have a strong spring with him.

Newbury 4.25 – U Cant Be Serious

U Cant Be Serious is a lovely big horse, and we’ve made the decision to keep him to bumpers this season.  We stepped him up to listed class at Ascot last time, and he ran a cracking race to finish fifth at a big price.  He’s a big, strong horse so he’ll handle the ground, and while he’s a nice horse for now, I’d say he’s definitely a horse to watch in novice hurdles come the autumn.