Hugo Palmer Saturday runners blog: 'For once my Chester runners are all drawn well'

Any rain will definitely be Grey Cuban’s friend, he just found the ground a little bit too quick here last time, and before that, I’m not sure he quite got home at Kempton, and first run of the season he probably got a little bit tired too. The good news is, with those runs, the handicapper has just dropped him a notch each time. 

That means he’s now on a mark he can win off, and he seems in really good form at home, I’m very happy with him. He’ll probably be a bit of a handful at the races, as he is when he’s in good form, but that will be a good sign. He’s another I hope can go well.

There’s decent prize money here, but only nine have been entered, and while there is the Britannia at Royal Ascot next week over this trip, neither of ours would get into that. Both are off nice low weights, I think both are well handicapped, and I think both will handle any cut in the ground.

I think this is Miami Matrix’s perfect trip, while Triple Double A will step up in distance after this, but both are in good form and at the risk of repeating myself, I hope both will run well. 

How Impressive seems in good form and on really good terms with himself. He is one of those horses who does things his own way, we just have to keep running him and when he’s in the right mood, everything clicks. Whether this will happen here – and it is a typically competitive York handicap - we’ll let him decide!

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