Cautious Cups Approach With Bauer
- Thursday, 17 June 2010 04:30
Bauer, who failed by the barest of margins in the Melbourne Cup of 2008, will be among the entries for this year’s Cup when they close on August 3.
Whether the grey entire will make the trip from his stable in Newmarket is difficult to predict at this early stage.
He was weighted at 50kg in 2008 when second to Viewed. How the chief handicapper, Greg Carpenter, treats him this year will be interesting.
Part owner, Simon O’Donnell, is enthusiastic, but is acting on the side of caution realising it is a huge ask for the horse to come back from where he left off after sustaining a bowed tendon.
“All is going well at this stage with Bauer. He will commence some serious gallops towards the end of this month,” said Simon.
“Each morning when Luca Cumani goes into the horse’s loose box and while everything looks well, we will just press on, keeping our fingers crossed.
“There are no expectations, we are taking it a day at a time.
“We would love to bring him back but there will be no firm commitment for quite a while,” O’Donnell added.
Picture: Quentin Lang
