And that is that he is a very promising trotter.
But this season, everybody should see he is even better than many may think.
The Greg and Nina Hope trained 6yr-old’s win yesterday came in only the horse’s second start after undergoing throat surgery in March.
The horse was in brilliant form prior to the procedure, but was not at his absolute best because a throat obstruction meant he was not getting all the oxygen he could into his lungs.
A poor race soon after the surgery was put down to the horse feeling some after-affects of the procedure so the Hopes sent the trotter to the paddock.
"He had an entrapment of the epiglottis his last start and he shouldn’t have lined up," Greg Hope said.
"We had done the operation and his throat was inflamed but the vet’s sort of said he would be fine, but it was his worst run of the season.
"It wasn’t that he had gone terrible, but he just had a really inflamed throat.
"So, we have given him a good spell and has come back really good," Hope said.
The new and improved Everybody Knows is now on a path to the 3200m Dominion Handicap because his operation means he should race more competitively over longer distances.
"Last year 1950m would pull him up, but it was the fact that he could not get all of the air he could, so this year he should be so much better."
The trotter is going to need to step up his long-distance game as he may be the Hopes’ main Dominion Handicap contender.
The stable’s superstar trotter, Monbet, will have undergo a veterinary scan today which could decide his chances of starting in the race.
"He will be scanned [today]. He has some heat in a leg and we are a little bit concerned.
"We will know more once we have had the vet look at him, but there is a chance he might miss the Dominion."
Everybody Knows does not have Monbet’s motor, but has done a good job of keeping his superstar stablemate honest in his training, Hope said.
"What he does is he puts in 100%. He is no Monbet, but there are not many Monbets around.
"But he has been working up with Monbet and we are rapt with the way he has been training."
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