A STABLE GETTING THE BEST OUT OF TRIED HORSES

By Graham Potter | Saturday, August 19, 2023

The Corey and Kylie Geran training partnership continues to grow in stature, particularly with regard to their expertise in getting the best out of tried horses.

Our Magnus is a great example of that stable strength.

The son of Magnus arrived at the Geran stable as a four-year-old, five-race Maiden … with two third place finishes to his credit over those five starts which took place over an eight-month period.

In his subsequent eight starts for the Geran Team, Our Magnus has notched up four wins, three runner-up finishes and one third placing.

Consistency doesn’t come too much better than that.

His first two successes came in back-to-back wins … in his very first two starts for his new stable … in a Maiden Plate over 1125m at Toowoomba and then in a Class 2 Handicap over 1200m where he romped in, embarrassing his rivals when winning by a 4.30 length margin.

Two close-up, runner-up finishes followed (both over 1200m) before Our Magnus put his third win on the board when taking out a Class 2 Handicap … this time when stepping up to the 1300m trip.

As he did before, Our Magnus then put two wins together in a row … but this time the second win of that sequence was a more significant one as it came in town at Eagle Farm in a Class 3 Plate over 1400m … at a starting price of $13 no less.

By confirming that he could be competitive at Metropolitan level opened up new doors for Our Magnus and, while he did not win in his next two starts … when finishing third to the Tony Gollan trained Zarastro at Eagle Farm and second to Azzareach at Doomben … he was close enough in the running to give both results a shake, particularly in his runner-up finish when he closed to within 0.14 lengths of Azzareach.

Those runs underlined Our Magnus’s continued very impressive rate of progress which stands as a real credit to the Geran training team.

Whatever happens next, with regard to the stable’s expertise in getting the best out of tried horses … that point has just been proved once again!

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