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.