Hugo Palmer: He’s in great nick and we are very happy with him at home

Top trainer and Coral ambassador Hugo Palmer discusses his runners at Chester on Saturday and picks out three newcomers from his yard to follow in the autumn.

14:10 Chester – It’s Not Risky

It’s Not Risky is a lovely big horse, and he’s full of character but he was quite badly behaved on his debut at Haydock last time. He does seem to have grown up a fair bit at home for that experience, so hopefully we’ll see evidence of that on Saturday. I thought the ground was a bit quick for him at Haydock, so hopefully it will just be nice good ground at Chester which should be ideal for him.

I’m looking forward to his second start, but he is going to need to take a decent step forward from that debut effort. There are a couple horses rated 80 in here, so they certainly set a decent standard for us to aim at, but he’s managed to get the plum draw in stall one, so hopefully he’ll get away well and I’m sure he’ll give it a good go.

14:10 Chester – Terratino Fire

Terratino Fire is ready to make his debut now, and although our horses rarely win first time out, he has been going well at home. He’s got a good draw in stall three as long as he gets it right and gets away well. If you’re green and slow into stride from a decent draw at Chester then it can be very difficult to get yourself back into contention, and although he has been very good in the stalls at home, it’s often very different when they get to the racecourse.

His father Buratino was a precocious speedy two-year-old who managed to win the Coventry, but the dam was unraced and hasn’t managed to produce a winner yet, so we’ll learn as we go with regards to what trip he wants, but visually he does look more of a sprinting type, and I doubt he’ll ever want to go any further than a mile.