GUYNO READY FOR LONG HOLIDAY

GUYNO ran a fading 8th in Mondays 3200M Adelaide Cup and that will be his final start for this preparation. The performance suggests that the horse struggled to run out the 3200m of the Cup and although this is probably true, there were a few other factors to be taken into consideration before blaming the distance alone.

I have no doubt that the horse probably peaked when winning the Mornington Cup and may have been past his best when winning the Lord Reims at his first Adelaide start. The horse pulled up with heat stress after the Adelaide Cup and took a while to recover after the race. He actually became quite "wobbly" after the race and required veterinary treatment and assistance before leaving the course. That being said, I do feel the horse has well and truly reached the end of the road for this preparation.

Just to give you an idea of how tough this little horse is, it is interesting to note exactly what the horse achieved during his last preparation and how long he was in work. GUYNO raced first up in the Coolgardie Cup over 1600m in late August last year. This was after having been in work since late May in preparation for the Kalgoorlie race. The horse then raced second up in the 2300m Kalgoorlie Cup where he finished third being a good thing beaten. GUYNO was given a couple of easy weeks before running in the Northam Cup, the Tattersalls Cup, the Towton Cup, the Cox Stakes followed by the Perth Cup. The horse ran top class races throughout but was unable to win usually because he was unable to carry the weights he was being asked to carry.

After the Perth Cup, GUYNO was sent back to the Amelia Park for week in the paddock before starting some swimming and walking. He then returned to my stables where he had his work stepped up in preparation for his trip away. The horse ran three times whilst on the road winning the Mornington Cup and the Lord Reims before running unplaced in the Adelaide Cup. During the preparation from start to finish the horse earned $370,525.00. PRETTY HARD TO EARN WITH A PICK AND SHOVEL!!!!

GUYNO will be home at my stables later this week before I take him down to Amelia Park for a good rest.I will keep a good eye on him over the next few months and all going well I see no reason why we wouldn't head across to Melbourne in the spring for a couple of races like the Geelong Cup or the Saab Quality or the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. All of these races are run over his pet distance and all are second tier races with good stakemoney levels. Who knows, he may make it to $2m before we retire him. He is still sound and happy and I will let him tell me what he is capable of doing in the future and when he has had enough!