![]() ![]() Last year he won a Group Two over five blasting out but I wanted to take the blinkers off, teach him to race properly again and drop him and there’s no better man for that than Jamie. He was in the Wokingham but I was keen to run him over six. Hills, who enjoyed high level successes with sprinter Muhaarah and Battaash, said: “He does have his quirks like a lot of sprinters do, he’s a high energy horse. It was looking bleak in the last few days having to listen to him, and even one of my friends said ‘he’s going to be insufferable’ after Coppice won – at least I’ve had a little bit of a fightback.” “I sit beside Frankie in the weighing room. When told Hills had described Spencer as an “equine psychologist on tricky horses” he replied, deadpan: “It hasn’t helped me with women! I think if you’re kind to horses they’re kind to you. When Frankie’s chicken wings (elbows) came out I could see he wasn’t travelling.” ![]() Tom’s a busy rider and he was sitting still. I could only win my group and it was like a bit of work for him.”Įxplaining how he picked the right one to follow through, he explained: “Body language. ![]() It took a while but once I pulled out I was always going to master Sacred. “I thought fifth or sixth if he ran well. “I didn’t expect that,” admitted Spencer. Last year on the only previous occasion Spencer rode him he reared in the stalls in the King’s Stand Stakes, lost Spencer and 10 lengths, but still finished upsides Nature Strip in front albeit loose - a fair performance jockey or no jockey. ![]()
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