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I think fitness and form-wise there's little doubt Long Run will come on for the run as least as much as he did last season, which should be sufficient for the KG and GC (barring more scarcely-credible heroics from Kauto). My main concern would be with his jumping. NH and SWC have made no secret of the fact that they've put a LOT of work in on Long Run's jumping, with regular, recent and intensive sessions with Yogi Breisner, yet it didn't take that much pressure for him to make a succession of jolting mistakes. He never looked like falling but he was certainly knocked out of his rhythm. He ran on admirably, those mistakes considered, but in my mind it begs the question - what more can they do to improve his jumping, or do they just leave well alone and trust to his engine at full fitness being enough to compensate for any similar errors he might make in the future?

<blockquote data-quote="Cruella" data-source="post: 2359167" data-attributes="member: 65442"><p>I think fitness and form-wise there&#039;s little doubt Long Run will come on for the run as least as much as he did last season, which should be sufficient for the KG and GC (barring more scarcely-credible heroics from Kauto).&nbsp; My main concern would be with his jumping.&nbsp; NH and SWC have made no secret of the fact that they&#039;ve put a LOT of work in on Long Run&#039;s jumping, with regular, recent and intensive sessions with Yogi Breisner, yet it didn&#039;t take that much pressure for him to make a succession of jolting mistakes.&nbsp; He never looked like falling but he was certainly knocked out of his rhythm.&nbsp; He ran on admirably, those mistakes considered, but in my mind it begs the question - what more can they do to improve his jumping, or do they just leave well alone and trust to his engine at full fitness being enough to compensate for any similar errors he might make in the future?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Cruella, post: 2359167, member: 65442"] I think fitness and form-wise there's little doubt Long Run will come on for the run as least as much as he did last season, which should be sufficient for the KG and GC (barring more scarcely-credible heroics from Kauto). My main concern would be with his jumping. NH and SWC have made no secret of the fact that they've put a LOT of work in on Long Run's jumping, with regular, recent and intensive sessions with Yogi Breisner, yet it didn't take that much pressure for him to make a succession of jolting mistakes. He never looked like falling but he was certainly knocked out of his rhythm. He ran on admirably, those mistakes considered, but in my mind it begs the question - what more can they do to improve his jumping, or do they just leave well alone and trust to his engine at full fitness being enough to compensate for any similar errors he might make in the future? [/QUOTE]

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