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A bit early! I was very impressed by Ruling Court on his debut at Sandown, but then he was a disappointing favourite coming third behind The Lion in Winter in the Acombe. I didn’t see his opener at Meydan at the beginning of March, but reports were quite encouraging even though he didn’t beat much.

RULING COURT, a beaten favourite in a strong renewal of the Acomb at York when last seen in August, stepped up to beat a rival rated 19lb his inferior at level weights in the first-time tongue-tie, impressing with the manner in which he settled matters. He was sweating between his back legs and was a bit keen early but otherwise did everything professionally and he'll likely hold his own in stronger company, his rider reporting him to be potentially top class. He's a general 10-1 for the 2,000 Guineas.RP

QUOTES: In some ways I was quite pleased that RULING COURT got beaten [in the Acomb at York] because that meant we didn't force him to do more than he was ready for. I'm very lucky in that I can put these horses away and allow them to develop. I think he'll continue to develop and we will go back to Europe with a sharper model. I never want to get too excited in the immediate aftermath, but we anticipated him being a ten furlong horse, so whether we got to the Dante or take in the Guineas on route, we'll see - Charlie Appleby, trainer.RP

<blockquote data-quote="barjon" data-source="post: 2696890" data-attributes="member: 66598">A bit early! I was very impressed by Ruling Court on his debut at Sandown, but then he was a disappointing favourite coming third behind The Lion in Winter in the Acombe. I didn’t see his opener at Meydan at the beginning of March, but reports were quite encouraging even though he didn’t beat much.<a href="https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/6215363/ruling-court" target="_blank">RULING COURT</a>, a beaten favourite in a strong renewal of the Acomb at York when last seen in August, stepped up to beat a rival rated 19lb his inferior at level weights in the first-time tongue-tie, impressing with the manner in which he settled matters. He was sweating between his back legs and was a bit keen early but otherwise did everything professionally and he&#039;ll likely hold his own in stronger company, his rider reporting him to be potentially top class. He&#039;s a general 10-1 for the 2,000 Guineas.RPQUOTES: In some ways I was quite pleased that <a href="https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/6215363/ruling-court" target="_blank">RULING COURT</a> got beaten [in the Acomb at York] because that meant we didn&#039;t force him to do more than he was ready for. I&#039;m very lucky in that I can put these horses away and allow them to develop. I think he&#039;ll continue to develop and we will go back to Europe with a sharper model. I never want to get too excited in the immediate aftermath, but we anticipated him being a ten furlong horse, so whether we got to the Dante or take in the Guineas on route, we&#039;ll see - Charlie Appleby, trainer.RP </blockquote>

[QUOTE="barjon, post: 2696890, member: 66598"] A bit early! I was very impressed by [B]Ruling Court [/B]on his debut at Sandown, but then he was a disappointing favourite coming third behind [B]The Lion in Winter [/B]in the Acombe. I didn’t see his opener at Meydan at the beginning of March, but reports were quite encouraging even though he didn’t beat much. [URL='https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/6215363/ruling-court'][I][B]RULING COURT[/B][/I][/URL][I][B], a beaten favourite in a strong renewal of the Acomb at York when last seen in August, stepped up to beat a rival rated 19lb his inferior at level weights in the first-time tongue-tie, impressing with the manner in which he settled matters. He was sweating between his back legs and was a bit keen early but otherwise did everything professionally and he'll likely hold his own in stronger company, his rider reporting him to be potentially top class. He's a general 10-1 for the 2,000 Guineas.RP[/B][/I] [B][I]QUOTES: In some ways I was quite pleased that [URL='https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/6215363/ruling-court']RULING COURT[/URL] got beaten [in the Acomb at York] because that meant we didn't force him to do more than he was ready for. I'm very lucky in that I can put these horses away and allow them to develop. I think he'll continue to develop and we will go back to Europe with a sharper model. I never want to get too excited in the immediate aftermath, but we anticipated him being a ten furlong horse, so whether we got to the Dante or take in the Guineas on route, we'll see - Charlie Appleby, trainer.RP [/I][/B] [/QUOTE]

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