When the jockey offers his two cents’ worth, the trainer listens. After all, the man on top of the horse can sense something which the trainer cannot. In Saturday’s Race 2 winner Nimbus Cloud’s case, it paid dividends when trainer Mahadi Taib heeded jockey...
After breaking cleanly, Nimbus Cloud played the rabbit’s role.
Nimbus Cloud straightened up handily. Krisna gave his mount a few reminders of the persuader and the rest were left chasing his shadows. “He improved a lot after his first two starts. The jockey told me to put him over a mile and race him forward without pressure, so I just took the chance and put him over 1,600m.
“I told the trainer he might need a bit of distance but he was not ready for 1,600m yet, so we ran him over the same 1,200m distance the second time to make him fit,” added the 30-year-old Penangite. “When I put him in front in the gallop, he gave me a good response. When he saw the horse behind, he just kept going. From there, we decided we must lead in the race.”
Nimbus Cloud is one of four horses sourced by former Kranji-based Irish jockey Mark Gallagher for Mahadi and his owners.“When I became a trainer in June last year, I contacted Gallagher to help me buy some horses from the UK and he bought me four.
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