Royal Ascot Day Two: Hugo Palmer previews his sole Royal Ascot runner today
21 Jun 2023
Coral Racing Ambassador Hugo Palmer provides an exclusive preview on his sole runner on day two of Royal Ascot.
18:10 Royal Ascot – Hackman
Hackman runs in the Windsor Castle, and I’m really happy with his draw in stall 17 as he’s almost smack bang in the middle of them. It’s hard to know at this stage how many groups they’ll split into or where exactly they’ll go, but at least in our position we can be flexible rather than being drawn out on one of the wings.
In hindsight I think he might have ran a bit flat at Sandown last time. I was happy with him going into the race, but I’m much happier with him now and his work at home has been very good. He did run well last time but he was obviously no match for the winner, and James Doyle felt that he got softened up by another horse that day who eventually finished behind us.
I’m sure that experience won’t be lost on him as he’s still a very young horse. He has plenty of speed, and this is a stiff 5f at Ascot, but fingers crossed he can put up a bold showing.
Hugo Palmer, Coral Racing Club Ambassador
18:10 Royal Ascot – Hackman
Hackman runs in the Windsor Castle, and I’m really happy with his draw in stall 17 as he’s almost smack bang in the middle of them. It’s hard to know at this stage how many groups they’ll split into or where exactly they’ll go, but at least in our position we can be flexible rather than being drawn out on one of the wings.
In hindsight I think he might have ran a bit flat at Sandown last time. I was happy with him going into the race, but I’m much happier with him now and his work at home has been very good. He did run well last time but he was obviously no match for the winner, and James Doyle felt that he got softened up by another horse that day who eventually finished behind us.
I’m sure that experience won’t be lost on him as he’s still a very young horse. He has plenty of speed, and this is a stiff 5f at Ascot, but fingers crossed he can put up a bold showing.
Hugo Palmer, Coral Racing Club Ambassador
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