Lilli Palmer a WINNER

Lilli Palmer lost her maiden tag in emphatic style at Wolverhampton tonight. We are so pleased for her as she is a very honest and straightforward horse and deserves this win. Credit must go to the team at home, particularly James her rider, who have always had faith in the horse's ability to win a little race. Great credit also to Martin Lane, the jockey, who saw they had gone off too quick and just waited with her and avoided the trouble on his inside. As such she was able to pick off the opposition in the last furlong. We hope the Handicapper (fine chaps they are who do a very difficult job) do not take the 6 lengths winning margin too literally as this was a selling class type race and was much less competitive than her previous race at Kempton 3 weeks earlier. We will not be running under a penalty as she is not an improver and it would likely bottom the horse. We will wait until she tells us she is ready to go back into battle.

Benandonner - A WINNER

Benandonner ran out a comfortable 4 lengths winner at Wolverhampton on Monday. With only 4 runners it could have been a tactical race but Alpha Tauri set a decent pace and Benandonner was able to pick him off just over a furlong from home and draw away from the rest of the field. He has come out of the race well and we will look for similar opportunities.

Olney Lass 3rd again

Olney Lass once again ran a very game race at Wolverhampton to finish
3rd. Prominant from the start she did not have the finishing kick but
ran on up the straight. She has now been placed third three times in
her last four runs and hopefully we can find a winning opportunity.

Benandonner 4th

Benandonner ran very well yesterday to take 4th place in a competitive
renewal of the Lincoln Trial at Wolverhampton. Although drawn 9 he was
able to get a handy position in second due to his good break. He is a
horse that breaks well although he was not helped by problems in the
stalls with Nazreef. He was up with the pace for most of the race but
did not have the class of the winner, Lowther. We were pleased with
his run and hopefully we can find a less competive race for him. He is
out in the paddock today with his mate, Red Somerset, for a well
deserved day off!

Lilli Palmer 3rd at Kempton

"Lillie" ran very well at Kempton last night to take 3rd place. She
had come on from the Southwell race but this was more competitive and
we were pleased with her run. We will look for another race for her in
a few weeks time.