Getting Ready seeking victory in Weatherbys Foreign Exchange Handicap Hurdle
Getting Ready has got a wonderful opportunity of bagging the Weatherbys Foreign Exchange Handicap Hurdle at Leicester in England on Monday, November 19, 2012. Despite being new to the sport, he has managed to deliver some decent performances for his team
until now and will be hoping to continue the positive trend in the years to come.
Some other stallions will also be fancying their chances of a victory today, but most of them have been struggling for form, which will put them under immense pressure.
The weather at Leicester was good over the past couple of days, but there has been rain overnight at the venue. Due to this, the going has become soft and it will definitely test the participants.
They will have to push extremely hard in order to make an impression in the class-3 contest, which is scheduled to kick off at 14:40 GMT. The overall distance to cover will be 2 miles and the winner will walk away with a cash prize of £4,549 in the end.
The bookmakers have shown a lot of confidence in the abilities of Open Day, despite the fact that he has been struggling for consistency over the past many months. He has appeared in just one race this year and failed to make an impression in it.
However, the six-year-old gelding is expected to bounce back today, thus he has been given a general starting price of 11 to 4. He is not likely to get the attention of the bookies though, as there is a high risk involved in gambling on him today.
The Jonjo O'Neill’s trainee has raced in nine contests over hurdles, winning two of them. He finished eighth in his only outing during the 2012 season and will be looking to make an improvement this time around.
Coming back to Getting Ready, he has also been given pretty decent odds by the bookies and he has the ability to meet their expectations at the end of the day.
The Graeme McPherson’s trained gelding ended up third in his most recent outing, which shows that he is carrying a decent momentum right now. It will be difficult to prevent him from taking the top spot at Leicester under jockey, Tom Molloy.
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