Harb

“I'd love to say this was the plan, but it was more to have a run and then bring him back to the race he won last year. I knew he was pretty sharp, on Monday he dropped our lad who rides him every day and galloped round the field like a good'un, which gave him that last piece of work in a way. I said to his owner the morning, 'Don't think this horse hasn't got a chance', because he was as fit as I could get him at this stage. Sure enough, he's shown that. Harb is wonderful, I love him to bits, but I've also got another horse I'm really excited about called Harry Brown. I've got really high hopes for later in the year - Peter Crate, trainer.”

“Harb has had a bit of a break as we thought he needed it and Peter said about running here so I said 'go on' and he has done it well. When Tom (Queally, jockey) got off him at Epsom he said we should try a mile - there was no way on God's earth he was going to get it, but you have to listen to the likes of Tom and give the horse a chance.I actually walked away as everywhere he was going he was getting blocked in, but he has ended up doing that well - Pat Gallagher, owner.”