ZAMPERINI - 2nd at Leicester

Zamperini recorded his third successive 2nd place position, this time at Leicester on Tuesday. He reverted to his slow satrt from the stalls and was, therefore, left towards the back of the field. His jockey, Kieron Shoemark, had to play a waiting until they turned for home and with only a modest pace it was difficult to make ground. However, he picked up well in the final two furlongs but the winner, Hajaam, had flown and won the race comfortably. The winner looked a picture and one can see why he cost 250,000 guineas as a yearling although I doubt the owner had two class 5 and one class 6 handicaps in mind when they bought him!
Zamperini has found his form on the easy ground this autumn and hopefully he can go one better before the end of the turf season.
The photo shows Zamperini in the 2nd place spot with groom, Hugo Meunier. In the background the jockey is talking to connections.