Ansar - Galway Plate Winner 2004 and 2005Dermot Weld, trainer of hat-trick seeking Galway Plate specialist Ansar, told the Irish Independent:
"Ansar is very well in himself and despite his age he has retained huge enthusiasm for his racing and he has ran two nice races on the flat at both Navan and the Curragh recently and it sets him up nicely for a serious crack at the Galway Plate.
I actually think that he is in with a serious chance this year whereas the last two years (2006 and 2007), although he ran well, he finished third and fourth in the race, he is a small horse and he had too much weight. This year off 11-stone, while it is still plenty of weight for a 12-year-old, I just feel he is going to run a very big race.
"Ansar is very well in himself and despite his age he has retained huge enthusiasm for his racing and he has ran two nice races on the flat at both Navan and the Curragh recently and it sets him up nicely for a serious crack at the Galway Plate.
I actually think that he is in with a serious chance this year whereas the last two years (2006 and 2007), although he ran well, he finished third and fourth in the race, he is a small horse and he had too much weight. This year off 11-stone, while it is still plenty of weight for a 12-year-old, I just feel he is going to run a very big race.
Certainly certain tracks suit certain horses and Galway is a very big track and obviously certain horses handle it and some don't but Ansar loves it."
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