KING READY TO RUMBLE

One of the stables favourite horses KING OF THE STALLS makes a return to the race track today after having had a bit of a freshen up down at Amelia Park Farm. The horse has been a problem child in all but his first ever preparations since coming over from South Australia as a three year old. In saying that he has won some races in sensational fashion and he has become far more battle hardened in recent years.

For a horse who can race forward or back and can run home solidly the last 600m it is a complete mystery to me and all associated with him just why he wont go a yard at Belmont. The horse has had about eight starts at Belmont over the years and in some of those races he has started favourite. On a couple of those occasions I felt he was close to a good thing yet the horse has struggled to beat a horse home in any of his Belmont starts. What makes it worse is I have absolutely no idea why!

The horse has had a long history of feet problems however I feel that we have them the best they have been since he first arrived over here. Providing his head is also in the same zone I reckon he still has a good few wins in him as he is a very sound horse in every other way. In fact I cant recal ever puting a bandage or poultice on the horse apart from treating his feet. The farriers have been working closely with my vet to help settle his feet problems and hopefully we will soon see some positive results with him.

He may not be the stable star however I dont think that there is a horse here who is more loved or admired simply because he is a tryer and has such a great nature. If you hear a loud scream coming from the trainers stand at around 4:36pm today, that will be his stapper EMMA, doing her best to cheer him home!