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Senior Jockey
RUGGED CROSS
"On A Hill far away stood an Old Rugged Cross
The emblem of suffering and shame"
If the faraway hill is Tattenham Hill then this horse wont be standing but fighting his corner like his ancestors and relatives. Whether he is left standing is another matter.
Rugged Cross is by Cape Cross out of one of the most rugged dam lines in the stud book, horses mostly trained by Clive Brittain. Luso, Warsaan, Needle Gun and Cloud Castle are all out of grandam Lucayan Princess. Had the said Clive realised Aldebran was just 65 light years away they may well have raced there as well as everywhere else!
Cape Cross has enjoyed Epsom success with Sea The Stars and Ouija Board but is still not exactly fashionable with the cognesenti. In this regard he reminds me a little of Great Nephew who sired Grundy, Shergar and Mrs Penny but is largely forgotten now. A second Derby winner might do the trick.
His debut last July was promising, finishing 5th behind Jungle Beatand Farhaan. York in August provided him with a victory in The Convivial maiden leaving one time Epsom fancies Athens and Thomas Chippindale in his wake.
His first run this year was a promising third behind Thought Worthy. On his first encounter with good to firm going he acquitted himself well . His finish ahead of Farhaan implies improvement from 2 to 3.
Trainer Henry Candy is not the type to think his geese are swans. Having had a Derby runner up in Master Willie 1980 he must consider his charge good enough to run. That High Line appears in the 3rd generation must enthuse the trainer also.
This horse is on an upward curve and if his relatives are any guide should be racing for a long time. There may well be a Derby in this horse even if it is more likely to be in Germany, Winter or Dingle under a pseudonym!
40 to1 is a fair representation of his price Saturday but many are old enough to remember Snow Knight in 74.
"On A Hill far away stood an Old Rugged Cross
The emblem of suffering and shame"
If the faraway hill is Tattenham Hill then this horse wont be standing but fighting his corner like his ancestors and relatives. Whether he is left standing is another matter.
Rugged Cross is by Cape Cross out of one of the most rugged dam lines in the stud book, horses mostly trained by Clive Brittain. Luso, Warsaan, Needle Gun and Cloud Castle are all out of grandam Lucayan Princess. Had the said Clive realised Aldebran was just 65 light years away they may well have raced there as well as everywhere else!
Cape Cross has enjoyed Epsom success with Sea The Stars and Ouija Board but is still not exactly fashionable with the cognesenti. In this regard he reminds me a little of Great Nephew who sired Grundy, Shergar and Mrs Penny but is largely forgotten now. A second Derby winner might do the trick.
His debut last July was promising, finishing 5th behind Jungle Beatand Farhaan. York in August provided him with a victory in The Convivial maiden leaving one time Epsom fancies Athens and Thomas Chippindale in his wake.
His first run this year was a promising third behind Thought Worthy. On his first encounter with good to firm going he acquitted himself well . His finish ahead of Farhaan implies improvement from 2 to 3.
Trainer Henry Candy is not the type to think his geese are swans. Having had a Derby runner up in Master Willie 1980 he must consider his charge good enough to run. That High Line appears in the 3rd generation must enthuse the trainer also.
This horse is on an upward curve and if his relatives are any guide should be racing for a long time. There may well be a Derby in this horse even if it is more likely to be in Germany, Winter or Dingle under a pseudonym!
40 to1 is a fair representation of his price Saturday but many are old enough to remember Snow Knight in 74.
