Newbury Nursery Third For Carpenter

It was a good effort from Master Carpenter at Doncaster but the three pound rise he received for a three and a quarter length second was extremely harsh. With his fondness for soft ground, we decided to run him at Newbury ten days later in a small field Nursery, in case we had a dry time ahead. He again put up a solid show, although his efforts to challenge the easy six length winner Bow Creek meant he lost out on second place in the closing stages. Hopefully the handicapper will reassess him after this effort as things won't be easy in similar events in the autumn but we hope he will strengthen up over the winter and progress into an exciting three-year-old.