Hugo Palmer Saturday runners blog: 'We have to hope we are not being greedy'

Unfortunately we’re drawn eight of eight, and if they go slow, the race might unfold in front of him and he won’t get involved. He should improve for his seasonal reappearance, but until he finds his way into the winners’ enclosure, I’m not sure I entirely trust him to do his best.

How Impressive was just that last year, winning five times, which was remarkable for a horse of moderate ability, and he took a lot racing so well. He’s probably a better horse on the all-weather, but I’ll keep running him on turf until he gets a split turf/all-weather handicap rating. 

Triple Double A has won three in a short space of time, I would love to claim it was some sort of Sir Mark Prescott-style stroke of genius, but it’s really not, it’s just happened like that. I do think he’s still got more to come and is ahead of the handicapper, Brandon Wilkie can claim three pounds, and he did win well at Windsor on Monday, but we have to hope we are not being greedy by running him again so quickly.

This horse might need nurseries to have his chance of getting off the mark, but I do think he’s come on for his debut run at Goodwood last week. The penny needs to drop with him, but that will come with racing experience, and although handicaps might be his thing, we’ll still be trying hard in maiden company. 

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