Sandy Thomson on weather watch with War Soldier
Promising novice has Cheltenham and Doncaster options.
Sandy Thomson does not want to suffer a case of Deja Vu as he bids to get a run into promising hurdler War Soldier this weekend. A late abandonment at Haydock forced the Berwickshire handler to do an about-turn last weekend with Empire Steel and he has therefore made a double engagement for War Soldier on Saturday. War Soldier will run in either the Albert Bartlett River Don Novices’ Hurdle at Doncaster or the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham, both Grade Twos, following wins at Newcastle and Haydock this season.Double tops for War Soldier, who adds to his winning gains @NewcastleRaces with a no-nonsense success in the @BetfredTV novices’ hurdle @haydockraces 🏇@LambdenRacing | @mania450 pic.twitter.com/OwnbucL29h
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Thomson said: “I’m slightly concerned about the ground at Doncaster, which might get pretty quick and horrible. “So, we may end up going to Cheltenham, and then I hear they are not out of the woods with the weather. It is ridiculous. I was speaking to someone today and they were minus-7C – and we’re plus 10C.” Though War Soldier holds an entry in the Grade One Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle at the Festival meeting on March 15, that is not his prime target, according to his handler.
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