Paul Webber Racing

DE SOTO........."Didn't have a lovely day, the day we (and he) went to Bangor!! The over-night rain made it too soft for him although it was perfect jumping ground. These Summer horses do prefer the good to firm stuff and any rain onto well-cared-for watered ground, does soon change things. DE SOTO is going to have to put this half-hearted well behind him, or else he'll be trotting off into the sunset and retirement.
The one thing we do know is that AUSTRALIA DAY has always done his best and tried his very hardest. We are asking him to do so again today in a typically competitive and valuable Sandown handicap. It is another tough contest but at least he's dropped 1lb. for his Goodwood run!! I may have asked Martin Dwyer to be too positive too early in that race and maybe we 'bustled' 'SKIPPY' too hard up the initial hill at Goodwood? He stayed on again to be fifth and it is also probable now that he needs abit further than 1 1/4m. However the horse seems so well and there are no alternatives at the moment.
I'm sure one day 'SKIPPY' will disappoint around Sandown, but we have no reason to think it will be today, so if all goes well, he looks a good each-way prospect.