Charlie Appleby, William Haggas and Andrew Balding give their verdicts
Pinatubo was the star of the show on Saturday, but what will be his best trip next year?
Charlie Appleby, trainer A starting point over a mile will be perfect for him and I see no reason why a mile and a quarter shouldn’t be within his compass. Most importantly, we’re confident he’ll get the mile no problem and once we’ve got through the Guineas, we can start to map out a plan from there.
Andrew Balding, trainer That’s a tough question but I’m sure a mile will be easily within his compass and I’d have thought he could get a mile and a quarter. He relaxes very well and looks the ultimate racehorse.
William Haggas, trainer He looks to have enough speed for a mile and I’m sure he’ll get a mile and a quarter on pedigree. But there haven’t been many Shamardals that get a mile and a half. He’s very talented and his class might get him through, but we had Mukhadram by Shamardal that I was convinced was a mile-and-a-half horse and he didn’t really get it.
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