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Tizzard to leave it late with Brook
Colin Tizzard intends to make a late decision on whether to let Saturday's facile Haydock winner Cannington Brook turn out again for this weekend's Racing Plus Chase at Kempton.
The eight-year-old galloped his rivals into the ground on Merseyside and with the handicapper raising his mark by over a stone, he would be well-in for Saturday's feature event should he take his chance, as he would only carry a 5lb penalty.
"We left him in the race on Monday and we're keeping our options open at the moment. I can't really say any more than that," said Tizzard.
"He was very good on Saturday and the handicapper has but him up 15lb, which I suppose he was entitled to after winning by 35 lengths.
"We've had to change our view on him a bit as a while ago we thought he was a horse for something like the four-miler at Cheltenham and now he's winning over two and a half miles, so he's no slowcoach.
"He's a beautiful young horse with a bit of class about him and we'll just have to decide whether we go to Kempton later in the week.
"If the race was 10 days later and the ground was soft, I'd say he'd nearly be a definite runner. But as it is, the ground is going to be different to what it was at Haydock on Saturday and it is coming up quite quick, so we'll see."
