Giggles Forever needs the mental make-up to match his engine if he is to fulfil his potential, according to Brett Prebble after the Michael Chang Chun-wai-trained gelding was part of a double for the Australian.
Prebble said the four-year-old had the physical side of things sorted, but 'his mental issues would hold him back' unless addressed.
'He has a beautiful physique and a lovely action, but he has got issues and isn't a straight-forward horse,' he said. 'He has got the engine, but mentally he is just not there. It's going to hold him back unless he takes a chill pill.'
The issues were on display as soon as Prebble left the gates on Giggles Forever, with the jockey hard at work to keep his mount's mind on the job, and with 200m remaining, it still seemed he had too much ground to make up. The second starter's final furlong was the strongest of the 1,400m trip, however, and he won by a comfortable half-a-length margin.
'He just revved that engine too much going out of the gate and he got unbalanced around the turn,' the jockey added.
Prebble's second victory on David Hall's Medallist took him to 25 wins and a clear second in the jockeys' standings, only to see Douglas Whyte (49 wins) snare a three-timer and stretch his lead once again.