The competitors for the 2 million dollar -specifics (G1) have their final preparations for the Pimlico Race Course Track on May 16, but nobody was longer than the British invader Heart of honor .
The son of Honor ap The busy morning had three phases: a mileage gallop, a break from the starting gate and a school in the paddock. He was in the morning by Saffie Osborne, daughter of the coach Jamie, who had just arrived from England the day before.
“He is a button, he's not good,” said Jamie Osborne about the Colt in the starting gate. “It took a long time not to be polite there. It's just an 'Oh, after you', 'somehow.
The Osbornes team continued to work with the stallion foal when he can break more sharply, but when he learned to reach this first jump from the goal, his behavior in the goal deteriorated.
“It is a balance between what we do,” said Osborne.
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On February 21, Al Bastakiya in Meydan, he raised when the goal opened and finally broke. He would gather to take second place and make the victory tight.
In the VAE derby of April 5 (G2), of which he was defeated a nose Admire daytona They were able to make a gate companion to stand in the goal with him. Having someone with the horse in the United States is a rarity in Dubai.
“I think the way it is done here (in the United States) will actually facilitate him (in the checkness), someone who stands with him,” said Osborne. “We had someone with him the World Cup night and he was better.”
Saffie Osborne said that the school session was particularly essential because American starting gates are usually smaller and have more upholstery.
“We just wanted to make sure it was something he had done before tomorrow,” she said. “He jumped well. He got a little broken there, but he is always. Hopefully he won't be in there tomorrow.”
After his break from the goal, the heart of honor went to the paddock to school. The Pimlico driver's warehouse is included inside, which he has never seen in his start in England and five starts in Dubai.
Heart of the honorary schools in the paddock on the Pimlico Race Course
Jamie Osborne said he asked to saddle the horse in the barn before going to the race track, and said that the Colt could be a “tail” to take the saddle. Ultimately, his request was rejected. Therefore, the heart of honor is more likely to be saddled in the paddock than during the conventional prevalence on the lawn.
“He behaved beautifully,” said Saffie Osborne about the driver's school. “(The paddock in Meydan) is quite airy and peaceful, while the inside parade -ring (in Pimlico) is trapped and something that he is not used to. We just wanted to make sure that he was there before tomorrow.”
