'She's got her mojo back – I expect the old La Bague Au Roi when she runs next'
John O'Hara talks to the Lambourn trainer who is firing again after a slow start
This stable tour was originally printed in the Racing Post Weekender on Wednesday, January 22. Buy the Weekender every Wednesday for stable tours from the biggest names right up to Cheltenham.
The old football adage a game of two halves is how Warren Greatrex hopes to sum up this season for his Lambourn stable. The string didn’t get off to their usual brisk start but are making up for lost time and the trainer believes there is every reason to be optimistic about the second half of this campaign.
“It was frustrating to start so slowly, but the soft ground has not helped my string. They have been healthy but had just taken their time coming to hand and I will not overrace my horses.
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