All-Weather Champion Jockey Luke Morris has “a nice book of rides” this Saturday

It’s going to be a long day for me on Saturday as I start off in the first race of the day at Haydock and finish in the final race of the day at Wolverhampton but to be honest I’m delighted to be back riding. It’s been a frustrating couple of weeks on the sidelines after I had a fall at Lingfield the Saturday before last but I’m raring to go and looking to grab at least a winner or two.

My day will actually start a good way before I head off to Haydock as I’d have been up riding work in the morning for James Tate at 6.25am and I probably won’t get home until just before midnight. If I do manage to get a winner or two then that will make all of the difference I can tell you, and I think I’ve got a really nice book of rides to look forward to.

1.40 Haydock – Daphne
It’s nice to get a ride for William Haggas. I’ve only ridden for him once or twice in the past and as an added bonus this filly is owned by the Queen, so I hope I can provide her with a belated birthday present! The filly ran well first time in a decent maiden at Newbury and looks the sort that will benefit from the step up in trip for this. She gets a good weight allowance from the other horses too and William’s horses tend to benefit for their debuts so I think she can do better this time around.

3.20 Haydock – Complicit
He seems to have lost his form a little bit this year but as a result he’s dropped to a nice handicap mark. Realistically he needs to show a bit more than he has done recently to take a hand in this. His grass form last year was very good – he wasn’t beaten far in a Group 3 at Epsom – so we know he’s more than capable but we just need to see some more sparkle from him. He’s back to a mile today having raced over further on the all-weather, but around Lingfield we just felt he needed that little extra distance. This trip is fine for him on turf.