{"id":236385,"date":"2025-07-04T03:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T03:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/236385\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T03:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T03:25:09","slug":"mccolm-not-taking-it-easy-for-glasshouse-handicap-racing-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/236385\/","title":{"rendered":"McColm not taking it easy for Glasshouse Handicap :: Racing Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plans for the spring for Far Too Easy are still up in the air, with McColm considering the $2 million Sydney Stakes on Everest Day.<\/p>\n<p>Before then, there is this weekend\u2019s Glasshouse Handicap to tackle with jockey Ashley Morgan on board.<\/p>\n<p>The galloper has drawn barrier four and was third on the line of betting at $7.50 as of Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Ciaron-Maher trained Warnie and cult Craig Cousins horse The Inflictor lead the markets for the 1400m event.<\/p>\n<p>McColm will see how the six-year-old runs this weekend before deciding on a southern assault, but any plans for retirement are firmly on the back burner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will tell us when that time comes, and we will know,\u201d McColm said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe still enjoys his racing and he loves being around people, I think he&#8217;s still got a little bit left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve been very kind to this horse and we&#8217;ve looked after him, it&#8217;s been our intention for him to race on as an older horse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s only had 25 starts, and we do believe that he&#8217;s still got a couple of years left in him if we look after him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Queensland Racing Carnival reaches its climax this weekend at the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The $300,000 Caloundra Cup will be run alongside the final Group race of the Queensland season in the Group 3 Winx Guineas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans for the spring for Far Too Easy are still up in the air, with McColm considering the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-236385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114792832926443742","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}