Llyrical 2nd at Nottingham

Llyrical ran a fine race in defeat to an extremely well handicapped horse at Nottingham on the 21st May. Our horse jumped well taking advantage of his low draw and despite Llyrical being keen the jockey, Shane Kelly, got him into a good rhythm. He looked as though he might be swallowed up with 2f to go but battled all the way to the line. He was beaten by a 3yo who had the age allowance and who looked very well handicapped based on his previous run at Thirsk. Astoundingly he was dropped 3lb for his never nearer fast finishing 4th place that day (it is well worth looking at the race to see how anyone could drop the horse for the run!!). However, we were delighted with Llyrical and we will look for similar opportunities (but hopefully without horses "thrown in").