Greenham goal for Caspar
Smart juvenile targets Newbury comeback
Last Updated: February 12, 2012 11:12am
Caspar Netscher: Will tackle a Classic trial
Alan McCabe expects the result of Caspar Netscher's three-year-old debut in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury to shape the rest of his 2012 campaign.
Although the Newark trainer feels his dual Group Two hero is likely to be suited by sprint distances, he wants to give the Dutch Art colt a try in a Classic trial.
McCabe sees the Group Three seven-furlong contest in April on a track where he won the Mill Reef Stakes last season as the ideal race to find out.
"He's in good order. We're preparing him for the Greenham and it's fingers crossed. It's a long road, but hopefully we get there," McCabe told At The Races.
"He came back from America after the Breeders' Cup and has had a nice break.
"He was the third best two-year-old in the country last year, so we've a nice horse to go to war with this year.
"I have a gut feeling he's a sprinter. His pedigree suggests he should get further, so that's the way we are going to go with him.
"We can assess after that whether it's speed or that he stays."







Caspar Netscher
A J Mccabe


