'A good trainer can train any horse' - Middleham Park Racing send Flat horse to Lucinda Russell
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Middleham Park Racing has added Lucinda Russell to its star-studded line-up of trainers, but not with the type of horse you would expect.
The powerful syndicate will have its first runner with the Grand National and Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer this year, but with a Flat horse from the breeze-up sales. He is by Prix de l'Abbaye winner Wooded out of maiden winner Hadrian's Waltz.
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