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title: "Harrington desperate to school Sizing John"
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author: "Abdullah Mulla"
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published: "2019-01-21T12:20:30Z"
modified: "2019-01-21T12:20:45Z"
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# Harrington desperate to school Sizing John

Trainer Jessica Harrington is eager for Sizing John to get a racecourse school ahead of a possible run at the Dublin Racing Festival, according to a report on the [Irish Independent](https://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/harrington-keen-to-get-john-schooled-37731104.html).

The horse has not run since December 2017 and is struggling to make a comeback due to the good ground.

![Harry Trump/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readhorseracing.com/readhorseracing/2019/01/654489596.jpg)

The 2017 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner is looking to run at a race as early as next week, with the Ladbrokes Dublin Chase over an extended two miles or the three-mile Irish Gold Cup being the likely choices.

When speaking about Sizing John, Harrington said:

> Sizing John remains in great form, but it has been a very frustrating season to date, as I have to yet get a racecourse school into him due to the good ground.

> I am going to see if I can get him away next week to a racecourse somewhere so that we can get that school over fences into him.

> The weather will determine where he’ll go. I had hoped to get him to Navan, but it’s still good there, so we’ll have to give that a miss.

> Robert (Power) rode him work up The Old Vic at the Curragh on Friday morning and he was very happy with him.