Listen Dear poised to extend winning sequence
Over the past few weeks I’ve had plenty of tough decisions to make as to which horse to ride in races where Willie has had more than one runner, but I think that reached record levels for tomorrow’s Grade 1 Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown, where I had the choice of six. There were other decisions to be made, and it’s almost inevitable I’ve got some of them wrong, but, depending on your point of view, it’s probably not a bad position to be in.
But those decisions are for tomorrow, and before that I have two rides today at Naas, starting with Dad’s horse, Aretesone, in the novice hurdle. I thought he got stuck in the ground in Down Royal last time, as it was very testing. Hopefully Naas will be a bit dryer, but I can’t imagine it will be much quicker. He drops back in trip, and a strongly run two miles might suit him. He is what he is, and doesn’t win that often, but he’s consistent and must have a chance in what looks an open race.
