{"id":108900,"date":"2025-09-02T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/108900\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:38:10","slug":"michael-freedman-out-to-get-pallaton-back-on-track-for-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/108900\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Freedman out to get Pallaton back on track for spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trainer Michael Freedman is going back to the drawing board with talented colt Pallaton at Warwick Farm today looking to get his spring on the right track.<\/p>\n

On the back of two impressive trial wins, the three-year-old started favourite in the Rosebud when he resumed at Rosehill a couple of weeks ago, but didn\u2019t let down to Freedman\u2019s liking as he finished third behind Skyhook.<\/p>\n

\"Jockey<\/p>\n

Jockey Tommy Berry and trainer Michael Freedman after Pallaton\u2019s debut win in December.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

So the TAB Handicap (1000m) is seen as an opportunity by Freedman to right the ship and if successful he\u2019d have no hesitation in returning to stakes company.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought we\u2019d bring him back a grade and hopefully give him a good day out, then onwards from there,\u201d Freedman said. \u201cHe\u2019s wanting to do a few things wrong at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other day in a relatively slowly run Rosebud he got up on the bridle and over-travelled. I\u2019ve brought him back to 1000m so we can try and get him doing things more the right way where he\u2019s giving himself a chance to relax a bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a really good turn of foot so when he over travels he blunts that acceleration he\u2019s got.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pallaton carries 58kg against older horses at Warwick Farm. Freedman said a race like the Listed Heritage Stakes (1100m) on September 27 would be a suitable target for Pallaton if he does everything right.<\/p>\n

Lightly raced filly Just A Journey will likely have the bar set on the lower side for her spring preparation which will kick off in the Schweppes Handicap (1400m).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t have any set plans for her over the spring, just see how she comes back and pick our way through some of the more staying type races,\u201d Freedman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trainer Michael Freedman is going back to the drawing board with talented colt Pallaton at Warwick Farm today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-108900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}