Philip Hobbs waits on ground before making Lord Henry decision

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Monday, December 08, 2008
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Minehead trainer Philip Hobbs' Lord Henry will escape the presence of Jack The Giant this week but connections are waiting for the ground to determine his likely target.

Hobbs and his owner Karola Vann are considering running the nine-year-old in the totesport.com Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon on Thursday after taking him out of Saturday's Boylesports.com Gold Cup at Cheltenham at the five-day stage.

A winner at Ascot last season as well as a respectable second in the Celebration Chase, Lord Henry took the same position behind the improving but now injured Jack The Giant on his first run back at the Berkshire track last time.

"It all depends on the ground, as he doesn't want it soft," said Vann.

"He could go to Huntingdon. He did well at Ascot the other day but we're in with the big boys and it will be hard wherever we go."

There are no extravagant plans for the owner's other rising star Cockney Trucker, a good winner of a novice hurdle at Newbury's Hennessy meeting.

She added: "He came out of the race really well and is doing nicely. Again with him it's just a question of the weather, which you can never tell with."

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