Go Athletico and Ronan Whelan win Curragh Group 3 last September. © Photo Healy Racing
The recent spell of dry weather has proved rather frustrating for connections of smart sprinter Go Athletico. The six-year-old developed into a consistent performer at Listed/Group level since joining Ado McGuinness last season but has been forced to wait to make his reappearance.
Following a win in the Claiming race at Gowran Park on Wednesday, McGuinness was asked when the son of Goken was likely to run: “Whenever some of that water starts falling out of the sky!
“I've made loads of entries for him. He's in Champions Weekend and I'd love to get a run into him before it, but whether I do or not is another thing.
“If the ground is too quick Champions Weekend he might go to France that weekend, there is a Group 3 in Longchamp.
“I have a stack of entries made. We have just been unlucky with him because he hasn't had an ease in the ground, and he just needs a little bit of an ease.
“We'll definitely get water before the year is out, that's for sure. Knowing this country when it does start it won't finish.”
Additional reporting by Gary Carson.
