Donald McCain 
/ Donald McCain / 30 March 2012 / Leave a Comment 
Ballabriggs is on course to defend his Grand National crown.
"as well as Overturn, I would think that the likes of Absinthe, Sud Pacifique, Constant Contact and Bourne will all end up running on the Flat at some stage....."
Another steady week for the McCain team as attentions turn to Aintree......and, whisper it, the Flat season.
There's a bit of a lull between Cheltenham and Aintree and we have a quiet weekend lined up, albeit there are a couple who look to have decent chances.
Things have carried on nicely this week with a few more winners and the horses seem to be holding their form very well, despite some of them having been kept very busy.
We're up to 137 winners for the year now which is certainly beyond any expectations I had at the start of the season.
We look to have a strong team building up for Aintree, even with Cinders And Ashes now missing the meeting, and it's a track at which I am obviously very keen to do well at.
Ballabriggs was the star of the show last year and things are ticking over nicely with him at home. I had been keen to give him another racecourse gallop between Kelso and the National but, with the weather as it has been, there haven't really been any suitable opportunities.
He's doing plenty of work at home though and I couldn't be happier with him in the build up - we'll just keep chipping away and hopefully we will get him there in the same form as last year.
I was asked the other day if I was likely to be keeping many going on the Flat through the summer. It's not something I have tended to do in the past - I know Overturn has been a star - but we have quite a few 85+ rated Flat horses and, reluctantly, I might have to have more of a look this time round!
There will be a few of them kept on the go - as well as Overturn, I would think that the likes of Absinthe, Sud Pacifique, Constant Contact and Bourne will all end up running on the Flat at some stage.
They won't be running for the sake of running, but if the right race pops up at the big meetings, they will be there to take their chance.
Cheltenham Festival winner Cinders And Ashes will bypass Aintree....
Donald has one of his leading juvenile hurdlers in action at Hexham on Sunday....
Donald has a strong team in action at his local track on Saturday....
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