Denman doesn’t need A.P McCoy.

I wasn’t in favour of A.P McCoy riding Denman beforehand and sadly this proved to be true.
McCoy is always too busy as a jockey and he was pushing Denman into each fence, which upset his rhythm.
A.P should have pulled Denman up, or eased him right down because it was clear Denman wasn’t going to be able to recover from his first mistake.
So what next?
Nicholls and co took the Berbatov option and now can hardly recruit their former player Sam Thomas. Sam would try too hard and I think he is constantly trying to prove a point and is demonstrating this with his frequent use of the whip.
Therefore, following a February transfer, the new incumbent of the no 9 shirt will be B Geraghty.
Despite a jockey dilemma, most importantly Paul Nichols will have left plenty of work for Denman to do over the next few weeks and I definitely wouldn’t write Denman off. In actual fact, the 7/2 currently on offer for Denman is an attractive price for some, although I won’t be taking this because I’m a Kauto fan!