Sir Slick To Run In Mackinnon
- Sunday, 25 October 2009 06:15
Sir Slick will be aimed at the Group One Mackinnon Stakes on Saturday after his enforced scratching from the Cox Plate, a race his trainer Graeme Nicholson is sure he would have won.
Stewards withdrew Sir Slick from the race on Saturday morning after vets said he had not recovered sufficiently from a hoof injury sustained on Wednesday.
"I'm brassed off because he was fit to run. He was fine," Nicholson told NZPA.
"He would have been well in front and would have won, I am sure. He can run that distance faster than they did yesterday."
The Cox Plate was won by three-year-old So You Think who ran the 2040 metres in 2:03.98, a time only bettered on the StrathAyr track by Might And Power in 1998.
The withdrawal of the front running Sir Slick had many believing that would take the pace out of the race but Glen Boss took So You Think to the lead shortly after the start.
Sir Slick will get the chance to prove himself against So You Think who is also set to line up in the Mackinnon (2000m).
Nicholson said Sir Slick would also probably run in the Group One Emirates Mile on November 7.
