El Segundo Takes Slip-up In His Stride

COLIN Little is in a comfortable place at the moment. Just 18 days before the Cox Plate, the trainer of the overwhelming favourite could see only a positive side to what could have been an untimely mishap at Caulfield yesterday morning. Having his first serious gallop since his Underwood Stakes romp 17 days ago, El Segundo, working out wide on the course proper with race jockey Darren Gauci aboard, slipped for a stride on making the turn into the home straight. For Little, this was, in many ways, ...