King Of The Stalls back in the winners stall.

King Of The Stalls found his way back into the winners stalls last Saturday after a long absence from the number one position. The horse started off his WA racing program with a couple of very impressive wins. The horse was spelled with ambitious plans in place for his next campaign. Unfortunately the horse had one setback after another and it was a struggle to get him to the races and producing his best.

The horse was given another spell and did not appear to be much better when we began to do fast work with him. The horse had already undergone extensive tests but nothing seemed to help or fix his problems. About two months ago I threw my hands up in despair after the horse pulled up lame after a Saturday morning work out. Considering that I had just told the owners that we appeared to be on the right track with him only a few days earlier, things were looking grim.

We finally performed some radical hoof treatments on the horse under the instructions of Dr Kim Rose which were carried out by my farrier John Godwin. After a few days of adjusting to his new shoeing, the horse has not looked back. He has come through his three races this campaign in good style and last Saturday he was able to win over 1500m, a distance we never thought possible with him early in his career.

Hopefully we can keep the horse sound and trouble free so that he may be able to show his true potential.