American Hope 4th in the AW Championship Final

American Hope ran a very respectable 4th in the All-Weather Championship finals at Lingfield on Good Friday. He was a bit keen from the start but still managed to stay on and take fourth place. Ideally we would have liked longer than 13 days to prepare for the final and he has ran a great race considering he has run three times within six weeks. He deserves a good break and that is what we will do and then look for options for him in June on turf and on a more galloping track.
The photograph shows connections of the horse in the winners enclosure at Lingfield. All were extremely delighted with the success of the horse since we acquired him from Tattersalls sales in February.

American Hope 3rd in the Listed race at Lingfield

American Hope came 3rd in the Listed International stakes at Lingfield yesterday. He was ridden with patience to get the mile distance but following the withdrawal of two horses there were only three runners in the race and it made it difficult for Shane to get cover. We were happy with his run as both the track and the way the race was run did not suit. On the positive side it was his second successive Listed placing and his owners were delighted. They are shown below in the Winners' Enclosure after the race with the handsome horse.