Ben Hope, son of Monbet’s co-trainers, Greg and Nina Hope, pats the champion after his win in the Dominion Trot at Addington yesterday. Bad news, trotting trainers: Monbet is not 100% and he was still good enough to win the $260,000 Dominion Trot. "I’d hate to see what he’s like when he’s 100% because I’m sure he’s not quite that at the moment. It wasn’t the run on Tuesday that knocked him — he’s just not 100% somewhere." "We’ll give him a bit of a break now," Greg Hope said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 11, 2016 17:07 UTC