Dark plans hinge on ground
Sabrina Harty will wait for drier conditions before deciding on plans for Won In The Dark following his run at Punchestown.
The Grade One winner and Triumph Hurdle third could not act on the heavy ground when last of four behind veteran Hardy Eustace in the Maplewood Developments Hurdle on Sunday.
“We were worried in that ground if he’d be all right, but he seems fine now,” said the Co Kildare trainer.
“We were doing some schooling and he was squealing out in the same field, so he’s happy.
“He’s never handled that ground before and we more or less knew he wouldn’t, but it was cutting up that much we thought we’d have a go with only four runners.
“We’re really wanting good ground – the weather is going to dictate where we are going to go. We were lucky that it dried up for him last Christmas and hopefully it will do at some stage.”
Won In The Dark is as big as 50-1 for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle following his run on Sunday.
