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they’ve ever seen him; ponied to his starts, he’s more easily persuaded to move forward when the flag drops. His jumping, too, has gotten bolder. “Every time I ask him for a big fence, he puts it in. Two or three years ago, I would have ended up in a heap,” Cockbum asserted.
Imperial Mom’s regular rider believes the horse is now so comfortable with Virginia timber that he literally jumps his way to the front, caressing the rails with his toes and eating up whole lengths while airborne. “He’s getting better to rate now, too, but you might as well let him bowl along,” he said.
The future looks brighter than ever. “If he runs in the Gold Cup, he’ll be tough to beat. He’s the kind of fairytale horse that could end up winning the English Grand National,” former owner David Bourke suggested wistfully.
(Editors' Note: Laurel Scott is the Assistant Editor of SPUR magazine, the editor of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association newsletter and the steeplechase reporter for The Washington Post.)
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