Copper Knight

“Copper Knight is a super old boy and a proper racehorse. It's fantastic to win on him after all this time. I've had a few placings on him and he's been around the Easterbys for a long time, but it's a delight to ride him and ride a winner on him - Duran Fentiman, jockey, speaking to Sky Sports Racing.”

“It's a fantastic result all round. Copper Knight is a real yard superstar and you couldn't predict what he's going to do - he's a legend - William Easterby, trainer's assistant.”

“Copper Knight is a wonderful little horse and tries like hell. He just loves it here and a bit of juice in the ground - Tim Easterby, trainer.”

“It's unbelievable and I'm not sure how Copper Knight keeps showing up and putting in these amazing performances. He started the season quite high in the handicap and needed to come down a few pounds, but he's still full of it and we'll keep going back to York as he absolutely loves it there - Tom Denham, part-owner.”

“Copper Knight is a super horse and wonderful to train. Dave (Allan) said he'd not felt as good as that in a long time. He loves good ground and coasting along. He trains himself really, he just lobs away at the back and we don't do anything fancy with him. He gets himself ready and is an absolute star. We may look at the Portland at Doncaster - Tim Easterby, trainer.”

“Copper Knight is a star. He ran great first time out last year then he went up 7lb, that snookered him and he went off the boil so he got himself re-handicapped. He ran well at Chester last week and they dropped him 1lb for being third but he likes it here. He was just cocking his lugs a bit but he was always going to hold on. We might run him in the Dash at Epsom - Tim Easterby, trainer.”

“Copper Knight is a lovely horse, he's been an absolute star for us and he's better than ever. Ideally he'd wants a bit more juice in the ground but he copes with anything. He's in the King George Stakes at Goodwood and he'll probably go there and he could come back here for the Nunthorpe - Tim Easterby, trainer.”

“Copper Knight is a wonderful horse, he's one of those that tries, he wants to win races. I'd rather have been drawn low because I think the high stalls had a disadvantage but he ran great. He's a super little horse and he'll go to Epsom for the Dash. Eeh Bah Gum will go too, he ran well but he wasn't drawn where the pace was - Tim Easterby, trainer.”

“I rode Copper Knight last time at Doncaster and he ran a really good race. Today the race worked out perfectly for him. He wants a strong pace and when the gaps opened he took them - Paul Hanagan, rider.”

“Copper Knight was niggled a bit early on so they must have been going fast. He likes a bit of ease in the ground - Tim Easterby, trainer.”

“Copper Knight is pretty uncomplicated. He just jumps fast. He seemed to be really enjoying himself in front, he felt like he was at half pace - I was ahead of some quick horses but he felt like he was doing it easily. I fancied him quite a lot for the Scottish Sprint last time but I think he probably just still needed the run to put the fitness on him - David Allan, jockey.”

“Copper Knight isn't very big but he's very quick. He could be a Listed performer - Keith Stone, trainer's representative.”

“Copper Knight ran a good race at Ripon last month. He's won round Chester before and seems to be getting faster - Anthony Denham, part-owner.”

“We were hopeful at Windsor, but Copper Knight ran into one of Richard Hannon's. We entered him just to see what would turn up against him and luckily the ground dried a bit and the race could have been stronger, though it wasn't weak. Royal Ascot would be the dream, but we'll have to see - George Boughey, assistant trainer.”