Mark Newnham

trainer

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He’ll race in October and November, so he’ll go to the traditional lead-up races, and then I’ll put an entry in for the mile and the 2,000m [Hong Kong Cup] on international day and just see where he’s best placed at this stage of his career,
Luke just said to me ‘he was probably on empty that last 50m’, but we know he’s very tenacious,
I think you’ve just got to do what’s best for both horses,
Truthfully, a little unexpected. I thought at 1,400m, carrying a little more condition with bigger goals ahead, if he ran a good third or fourth I’d be satisfied. But with a win like that, I’m pretty happy,
It has taken him a while and you don’t get too many that win first time out as PP’s, but he has done everything right and is ready to go to the races now,
He has always had above-average ability — he does tend to do a few things wrong but I think we’ve pretty much ironed out now with him,

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