Greg Ennion is bullish about the chances of Master Plan in Saturday’s JB Met over 2 000m at Kenilworth and pointed at his unlucky race in the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate over 1 600m as proof that he could do it.
In the Queen’s Plate, Master Plan jumped beautifully in the false start but in the second start was squeezed out and ended up right at the back of the field. Robbie Fradd took him down the inside for his run and just as he reached top gear at about the 250m mark he was stopped in his tracks by Bulsara, who took up his running on the rail.
Fradd had to snatch him up and then pick him up again. He ran on strongly again to finish just 3,5 lengths back in sixth.
“Robbie Fradd reckoned he would have finished second,” said Ennion. The video evidence more than backs up this claim. Ennion added that if Master Plan had run second he might now be the Met favourite, instead of being out at 14-1.
Master Plan’s whole season has been planned with the Met in mind. He has proved before, when running on strongly to win the Grade 2 Betting World Derby over 2 400m at Clairwood, that he will get the Met trip with ease.
Ennion added, “He has shown how he can turn it on too.” He continued, “The tougher the race the better for him. The faster they go the better and if the wind blows, let it blow.”
