Hugo Palmer Saturday runners blog: 'He seems in very good spirits at home'

Hugo Palmer is back with another exclusive Coral blog, with the leading trainer now previewing his runners on Saturday (October 11) at York, Newmarket and Wolverhampton.

• Grey Cuban - York - 14:05 race odds

• Glacius - Newmarket - 14:25 race odds

• Looks Likely - Wolverhampton - 17:20 race odds

Grey Cuban has had another good season, he is in the Horses In Training Sale so this might be his last run for us, which would be a shame, although he is possibly running out of room in handicap company, and he hasn’t yet indicated he’s going to step up into stakes class, for all he ran very well in a Listed race last time.

He seems in very good spirits at home, this autumnal ground should suit, him, and he’s run well at York before, so I hope he can again here.

This horse had a couple of options on the card, and I think I probably confused myself deciding which race to go for!  As declaration closing time approached I had to make a decision, so opted for the Autumn Stakes over a mile, rather than the longer Zetland Stakes, but that was mainly down to the former having a slightly smaller field.

He’s a horse we absolutely love, and the form of his second start, when fourth to Bow Echo at Haydock, has worked out particularly strongly.  I did feel he was first off the bridle that day, and then stayed on all the way to the line, and his pedigree has plenty of stamina in it, so I do think we’ll be looking at Derby trials for him next spring.  Whether or not he stays the mile and a half of the Derby, we’d have to wait and see, but he is a horse we really love.