WHILE most of the latest group of international raiders prepare to jet back to Europe over the next week, veteran English stayer Munsef will remain at Sandown in preparation for the track's premier event, the group 2 Sandown Classic on Saturday week, reports The Age.It says: Munsef's trainer Ian Williams yesterday confirmed plans to start the eight-year-old in the classic after he finished a solid 12th in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. The only threat to those plans being a superficial wound sustained
WHILE most of the latest group of international raiders prepare to jet back to Europe over the next week, veteran English stayer Munsef will remain at Sandown in preparation for the track's premier event, the group 2 Sandown Classic on Saturday week, reports The Age.
It says: Munsef's trainer Ian Williams yesterday confirmed plans to start the eight-year-old in the classic after he finished a solid 12th in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. The only threat to those plans being a superficial wound sustained during the Cup.
''He's got a little bit of a gash on his hind leg but as long as that's not too much of a problem he'll run again in a week or so,'' Williams said. ''It's certainly a race that we're looking at for him but we've got to make sure that the injury picks up and doesn't bother him for the rest of the week, but I don't think it will be a problem.''
Munsef delighted Williams at his first attempt to win the Cup and whet the appetite for future Australian campaigns. ''It was a huge experience and I couldn't be anything less than delighted with the run. He was the right horse to bring and was beaten just a little over six lengths,'' he said.
Munsef, like many runners in Tuesday's race, struck trouble as the field bunched on the back of a moderate tempo. He was well placed mid-race but lost his position and only got going after the damage had been done.