A quick update! Hope or No Hope

It's half term and I've been struggling to write any posts! I've taken 3 days off this week but each of them has ended up with me wishing I had gone into the office. Running your own business as Tom would appreciate often calls for all hands on deck all the time.

Hope Road runs at Warwick in the TURFTV JUVENILE NOVICES' HURDLE @ 2pm. With 16 runners and a couple of previous winners in the race it looks rather competitive. But I'm going to be bullish and say the first three home will be

Prideus
Metaphoric
Hope Road

What order? Not sure.

Noel Fehily takes the ride as Timmy Murphy is at Sandown.

My father is keen to point out that Warwick is a front runners track and maybe that won't suit Hope Road but I guess he will be closer to Prideus today than the first time they met.

I know that Tom was pleased to get a run before the 24th as it would enable Hope Road to get a handicap mark before Cheltenham entries. Everyone would love a day out at Cheltenham!

A few friends own shares in the beast and one of them, Ed Prosser of Racing Post Bloodstock fame, referred to Hope Road as No Hope after his first run over hurdles. This was revised to Slight Hope after his run at Plumpton the week before last and we want it to change again today to Lots of Hope!