Emitom ready to switch to fences
Greatrex eyes Uttoxeter starting point early next month.
Grade Two-winning hurdler Emitom is being readied to make his debut over fences at Uttoxeter next month – provided conditions are suitable. Trainer Warren Greatrex has earmarked the Free Tips Daily on attheraces.com Beginners’ Steeple Chase, over two and a half miles, at the Staffordshire track on October 4 as a first port of call for the six-year-old. After landing the Rendlesham Hurdle at Haydock on his penultimate start, Emitom finished a respectable fourth on his return to Grade One company on his final outing of the season in the Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.Emitom runs out an emphatic winner in the Unibet Rendlesham Hurdle for Gavin Sheehan and Warren Greatrex 👏 pic.twitter.com/Fnu8djBm7v
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Greatrex said: “It could be argued he had unfinished business over hurdles, because I don’t think he was at his best at Cheltenham but he still managed to finish fourth. “Next year he will be seven going on eight, and I know he will be a better chaser, so we decided the best thing to do was to go straight over fences with him this season. “Physically he has done so well over the summer, while his work has been very good, and he is now reaching his full maturity “The plan if all goes well would be to run him at Uttoxeter on October 4 over two and a half miles, provided they have enough rain, and see how we go from there.”
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