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Wigham targeting a sunnier future for rapid improver
Michael Wigham: trains Deeds Not WordsCredit: Edward Whitaker
Michael Wigham is eyeing a possible trip to Dubai in 12 months' time with My Target, who made it four from four in 1m handicaps at Lingfield this winter by quickening up impressively to beat Intransigent going away by a length and a quarter.
The one-time Godolphin six-year-old has gone from strength to strength for Wigham, who places his horses so shrewdly, and having won here off 97 he will one day run short of options in domestic handicaps, hence thoughts of sunnier options next year.
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