O’BRIEN REPORTS LUXEMBURG IN GREAT SHAPE
ONE HAS TO BE CAREFUL WHEN JUDGING SUCH STATEMENTS BUT O’BRIEN DID SAY THE SAME ABOUT LUXEMBURG A FEW WEEKS BACK AND THE HORSE DELIVERED WITH A FINE DISPLAY OF FORM AND VICTORY.
TORQUATOR TASSO
LAST YEAR’S WINNER OF THE ARC WAS A TOTAL OUTSIDER THAT TOOK US ALL BY SURPRISE. THE HORSE IS GOOD AND HE REMAINS GOOD. THE HORSE WAS A TOTAL SURPISE LAST YEAR BUT THIS YEAR HE HAS BEEN RUNNING AGAINST THE TOP AND COMES OUT CREDIBLY OK. WE FEEL IT WILL BE HARD TO BEAT THEM AGAIN BUT THE ARC PROBABLY BRINGS THE BEST IN HIM AND WINNING TWO ARCS IN A ROW IS VERY COMMON AND LIKELY. HIS LATEST DEFEAT WITH DETTORI UP WAS LAMENTABLE, TO SAY THE LEAST.
DO NOT DISMISS HIS CHANCES EVEN THOUGH WE BELIVE THERE ARE SOME HORSES WHO MIGHT BE BETTER THAN HIM ON THE DAY.
WESTOVER
WE FANCIED WESTOVER FOR THE DERBY BUT LUCK WAS AGAINST HIM. HE JUSTIFIED HIS CLASS IN IRISH DERBY WHEN HE WON GOING AWAY FROM A GOOD FIELD. I ASSUME THAT HIS DEAFET IN THE HANS OF POLYDRIVER WAS ONE RACE TOO MANY IN A VERY SHORT TIME. THE TRAINER IS NOT UNKNOWN, HE CAN TRAIN CLASSIC AND IF THINGS DO NOT PROVE SIMILAR TO EPSOM, THIS HORSE IS A VERY SERIOUS PLAYER.
WATCH THE VIDEO OF HIS DEAFEAT IN THE DERBY AND MAKE A JUDGEMENT AS TO HOW GOOD THIS HORSE MIGHT BE. ALSO, DO NOT FORGET HE IS A FRANKLE HORSE AND THE DISTANCE AND A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN WILL NOT HURT HIS CHANCES. A LIVE CONTENDER FOR US.
THE TEAM
