Murphy to bring Gassman back in January
Your a Gassman, brought down in the Feltham Novices Chase at Kempton on St Stephen's Day, has come out of that reverse unscathed and is expected to return to action at the end of next month.
The gelding looked to be travelling ominously well at the time of his departure in the race won by Ollie Magern.
And his trainer Ferdy Murphy said: “We have to think he was unlucky and would have been in the shake-up but I am pleased to report that he’s flying and in great order, although I am reluctant to nominate another race for him until I have spoken to his owner, who is in Bermuda.
“The one thing I can say is that he’s the best I’ve had for a long time.”
The disappointment over you’re a Gassman was more than made up for later that afternoon when Truckers Tavern landed the Roland Meyrick Handicap Chase at Wetherby under the stable’s promising conditional Keith Mercer.
Murphy is anxious for Mercer to keep the ride when the horse next runs at Uttoxeter in the New Year and he added: “He’s in great order and the plan is the Singer & Freidlander Chase at Uttoxeter.
“I am convinced he’s a horse who goes better on a flat track and Keith will, all being well, ride him again.”
