Joe Tizzard: “White Moon is the best we’ve ever had him.”

On official ratings Elegant Escape has got to find 10lbs compared to our other two, but he’s improving.

Native River managed to be third in the Gold Cup after winning a Hennessy and a Coral Welsh Grand National, and Elegant Escape is taking a similar route.

Pingshou

He’s doing well. He was a bit shinny after his last run at Sandown but he’s working well and he’ll be ready to run soon.

Saturday

3.15 Kempton – Bally Longford

The race re-opened so we stuck him in. The track and the trip and the ground will all suit him, I’m just not sure if it’s too good a race for him or not.

You can forget his run at Wincanton on Boxing Day as it was too short a trip, and he ran well at Lingfield the time before when he was just touched off by an out and out stayer.

He is what he is, a 130 rated horse that gets his chance to win every year. There aren’t too many runners which will suit him.

Warwick

1.50 – White Moon

We are going to walk the course and so long as it is genuinely good ground then the horses will run. White Moon we want to get runs into.

He won nicely at Exeter last time over two miles in a soft race and this is a step up. We’ve got him back to the best we’ve ever had him at home.

He looks super, and he’s been schooling and working really well, so he deserves to be in this. On official ratings there doesn’t look a lot between any of the four.

2.25 – Rockpoint

Stepping up in trip has been the godsend for this horse. He did it really well at Cheltenham last time. This two mile five furlongs around a galloping track like Warwick should be just about right.

We are excited about running him. We are so glad he didn’t win last year because he’s now a year older novice and he’s benefitting from it. 

He’s got to carry a 5lb penalty but he’s gone up because he’s the horse that’s been there and done it.

3.00 – Ultragold and Sizing Codelco

We are heading to the Grand National with Ultragold but it’s a long time to wait until April. We are just sussing out the trip a little with him, he loves a bit of good ground and we want to get another run into him.

We tried him over hurdles and it didn’t really work. We’re as well running him as if he drops a couple of pounds he should still sneak into the Grand National. If he runs well they won’t out him up too much.

We’ve been waiting for a spring campaign for Sizing Codelco. He’ll love the ground but it’s his first run for a long time so I’d expect him to come on for the run.

Joe