Hi CP,

Gotcha, they need to be meeting certain criteria before you add them. Agree here with Rain Affair, from memory, or thinking back through most of his runs, i can only remember once he has been ridden off the pace(maybe more, just cant remember), and he gathered them in fairly quickly, whether they were an ordinary bunch, or he missed the kick, or whatever, id like to see him ridden off the leaders. The trainer seems to think otherwise as he has been quoted often as saying he just wont settle when ridden patiently. Maybe a hugh bowman might suit the horse. If he ever did get that service, the horses stride you would almost definitely see come into play, because when he highball's it in front he sits at that high tempo cruising speed, and its a bit difficult to see the actual stride, so i think if he could settle, and then have the jock work him into it from the 600, you would see his stride once opened up start coming into play at the 400, which would probably see him gather them in at the 200 which would then pending on the others could see the jock get to the bottom of him.

A lot to like about Elite Elle, and saw her striding freely from the 400-200, when she put a couple on them, possibly the drop in class masked the win, but the stride was there to see.

Well done mate- keep it up.

Best TJ