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McCain looking to future after tumultuous time

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Race horse trainer DONALD MCCAIN. Copyright Martin Lynch.

Donald McCain: split with owners Paul and Claire Rooney in October

  PICTURE: Martin Lynch (racingpost.com/photos)  

 By Tom Park 6:23PM 31 JAN 2016 

FOLLOWING a torrid 12 months, Donald McCain has been seen in the winner’s enclosure on a more frequent basis in recent weeks following his well-documented split with leading owners Paul and Clare Rooney.

The Rooneys removed their entire string of 50 horses from the Grand National-winning trainer’s Cheshire yard in October, including Fred Winter Hurdle fourth Starchitect and Grand National hopes Kruzhlinin and The Last Samuri, leaving the trainer with depleted numbers and limited resources.

However, speaking in Monday’s Racing Post, McCain is optimistic about the future, and said: “There are plenty of people who’d still be delighted to be in the position we are now – and believe me, we’ve been a lot worse off than we are now.

“Nobody’s died, it’s not the end of the world. We’ve just got to regroup and go again.”

Looking to the future

At the head of McCain’s new-found optimism is Katachenko, a winner at Wetherby earlier in the season before finishing second in strong handicap company on his last two starts, and McCain is hoping the seven-year-old can get into a handicap at the Cheltenham Festival.

“He’s been running well this season and just got done at Doncaster the other day,” McCain said. “He’s rated 134 now, which is just where you need to be to sneak into that novice handicap chase at the festival. If he was to get in there on drying ground, I think he could run a nice race.”

Subtle Grey and Flat recruit William Of Orange, who could be a Chester Cup horse, are two other promising young talents for McCain but the trainer is not too concerned if he is not represented at the festival this season.

“We’ll be very short on runners there this year but if we take one or two down there with some sort of chance, that would be great,” he added.

For the full interview with Donald McCain, read Monday’s Racing Post available on iPad from 8pm

 

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