Racing Plus Chase: Tizzard keeping powder dry with Cannington Brook

News / Timeform / 21 February 2012 / Leave a Comment

Colin Tizzard had an across-the-card five-timer on Saturday

"...he will be well-treated under a 5 lb penalty for the Racing Plus Chase..."

Red-hot trainer Colin Tizzard is to leave the decision whether or not to run Cannington Brook in Saturday's Racing Plus Chase at Kempton to the last minute...

Cannington Brook produced a much improved display when winning his second race at Haydock at the weekend, running to a Timeform rating of 146 when coming home 35 lengths ahead of nearest rival Majala in a heavy-ground handicap.

That performance failed to escape the official handicapper, with the eight-year-old's BHA mark set to see a rise of some 15 lb.

With that in mind, he will be well-treated under a 5 lb penalty for the Racing Plus Chase, for which he is currently trading at [12.0] behind market leaders Planet of Sound ([6.2]) and Nacarat ([7.2]).

Tizzard, however, reported that he will wait until much later in the week before deciding whether to let his smart chaser take his chance.

The trainer also stated how he has had to change his view of the horse recently as a while ago he was considering sending him to the Cheltenham Festival for the four-mile NH Chase but with him winning over two and a half miles, he's evidently much quicker than first thought.

Tizzard added finally that if the race was 10 days after Haydock and not seven, and that if the ground was soft, he'd nearly be a definite runner.

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