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'It's the dream' - No real Guineas hopes, but Ed Walker has Epsom on his mind
Stan Moore and an ambitious bid for Qipco 2,000 Guineas glory with The Wizard Of Eye aside, there won't be any Lambourn representation in the Newmarket Classics this weekend. Should anyone start hammering Nicky Henderson for that, Constitution Hill isn't qualified to line up.
The exceptional Supreme Novices' winner has become the new emblem of the village, although these days it seems to have moved away from the powerbase of jump racing it is best known for.
When I recently asked former jockey and ITV broadcaster Luke Harvey – sad loss to the region following his move to Gloucestershire – if he'd ever known Lambourn to be more Flat-centric, he replied: "Never."
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