Sublimity camp in upbeat mood
Harchibald’s eclipse of Katchit and Blythe Knight at Newcastle once again proved the Irish hurdlers have a stranglehold on the two-mile division.
And Carr, who is preparing his champion for the Boylesports International at Cheltenham on December 15, still thinks Sublimity is the one to beat in March.
“I don’t think we are afraid of anything really,” said Carr.
“We are on target for the Bula (Boylesports). Macs Joy is going there now and Katchit is going there but we have to start him off somewhere.
“Straw Bear looks like he could go there too. I was very disappointed with Blythe Knight at Newcastle because I thought he could be the one.
“Harchibald won well but he’ll have harder races than Saturday to come, but he never really beat Hardy Eustace or Brave Inca in his heyday like we did.
“We’ve been very happy with our fellow but it’s hard for me to assess him as we’ve got nothing classy enough to work with him.
“He seems to be doing everything well but he is carrying a lot of weight. But the day he won at Navan last year he was carrying a lot of weight.
“He’s going to go to the schooling ground at the Curragh tomorrow and then he’ll do a mile on the Old Vic.
“Last year we gauged our chances on Straw Bear after that run in the Supreme. He was only 10-1 or 12-1 all winter and we knew there was nothing between them and that we were at silly prices.
“This year we are going there as the favourite.”
