Here's a big call....Chris Waller is too successful to give Altius the attention he needs and deserves. With every failing run, he is costing his owners big money in training fees, stud fees and acceptance fees. Waller is so successful now, that he has big strings of successful horses to attend to.
Altius obviously needs to be "broke down" and built up again. He's got loads of ability, but needs to be trained differently.
He has no early speed, a short stride and a bad action (hence his injury).
Either they do something now, or they should retire him, he's bleeding money out of his stud value like a sieve.
Their only hope is to take him away from Waller, who is telling bedtime stories, and send him to someone who will nuture and work on the horse, not just keep him fit.
He needs to go over the jumps in training to sharpen him up and try to lengthen his stride. They need to work on his sprint, and they need to give the horse confidence, like set him for a nice midweeker as TJ suggested.
The best bred horses, are often the most expensive duds because people remain confident when they would have given up long ago.
And big trainers will keep stringing along clients for training fees rather than the right prospects for the horse
