Earlier in the summer we had another new arrival to
the yard in 4 yr old Gustav. He was
purchased for The Plum Merchants to replace the retired Red Not Blue. He was bought from Timmy Hyde in Ireland who
is a pin hooker who mostly buys expensive flat bred foals and sells them as
yearlings. He would also buy a few 3 yr
olds to run in point to points as four year olds and then sell on. No horse stays with him for more than a year
and it is key to his business that he sells on horses that do well for their
new owners and plenty have.
Gus ran in one maiden point to
point in May where he finished 3rd (beaten 9 lengths) and looking at
the video I thought he might have won if he had jumped better, but then his
price would have been considerably more considering what a good looking horse
he is. His mother ran in France and won
as a 4 yr old and is a half sister to top class jumpers in France with black
type winning and placed form. He is by
Mahler who is having a good start with his early jumps progeny and Gus is a very good looking horse with enormous ears!
Gustav lost a fair bit of weight
coming over from Ireland back in the summer so we gave him a minimum of a month
being turned out before we got going with him as he is a big horse and is only
4 years old. We then had a few minor
niggles with him when getting going but he is now cantering and the plan will
be to run him end of January/February time if all goes to plan.
Every horse I’ve had for The
Plum Merchants has won and The Plums have been great supporters of the yard over
the years. They have been in the
winners’ enclosure at Cheltenham (but in 2nd place) and the aim is
to rise to the No 1 spot and of course at The Festival.
We have taken our time so far
with Gustav to do what is right for the horse and then hopefully we will see
him repay us with good results when he runs.
Patience, let the horse come to himself and then he (hopefully) will
repay you!
Gustav
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