Runners today

Hope Road ran a far far better race today at Plumpton than he had on his debut for us at Warwick. Under a fine waiting ride from Timmy Murphy Hope Road got up in the final stages of the two mile trip to come a very respectable second. Timmy felt he would have won had he held him up a little longer although it wouldn't have done my blood pressure any good had he done so.

Savile's Delight had absolutely no luck in running from his number 12 draw at Wolverhampton over 7 furlongs and got pushed wider and wider by the other runners coming off the bend and up the straight. It was a disappointing performance but statistically it is almost impossible to win from such a high draw on that course over the trip.