Irish Legend on course for Classic Trial following racecourse spin
Hugo Palmer’s charge set for Sandown after Newmarket gallop.
Hugo Palmer’s unbeaten Irish Legend went through his paces on the Rowley Mile on Thursday morning with the bet365 Classic Trial at Sandown on his agenda. The Sea The Stars colt won on his debut at Nottingham over an extended mile and then defied a penalty when beating John Gosden’s Zagato over 10 furlongs at Chelmsford. He worked over a mile with a stable companion under Michael Hills and while he failed to pick up his lead horse, Palmer expects him to come into his own when faced with a stiffer test of stamina. “Michael was really happy with him even though the work wasn’t quite perfect, the pace early on (didn’t suit), but we got a blow into him which was what we came here to do,” said Palmer.“He’s an inexperienced horse who has raced twice and won twice, he’s beautifully bred (dam related to Palmer’s Irish Oaks winner Covert Love) and he’s exciting. “All being well, we’ll go to Sandown a week tomorrow. I think the 10 furlongs there will be right up his street. After that we’ll see – even if he wins at Sandown, I don’t think we’ll go straight to Epsom, he’d probably have another run. “We put him in the Epsom trial as sometimes that race can cut up, but I looked when the entries came out and I thought ‘well that was a wasted entry!’ “It would have just been annoying to wait until Sandown if we were to watch four horses run round Epsom. It was kind of the Jockey Club to let us on (track) today.
Qatar Racing Limited’s OCEAN ROAD (IRE) (Australia) makes it 2nd time lucky winning the Play Ladborkes 5-A- Side on Football EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes at Lingfield. Cieren Fallon rode Hugo Palmer’s trainee to a 2¾-length win in the mile run for 2YOs @SkySports pic.twitter.com/tGToufzBMA
— نادي السباق والفروسية (@Q_REC) December 2, 2020
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