Zara Phillips homebred set for debut in Uttoxeter bumper
Uttoxeter hosts a royal runner tonight when Somewhere To Be, owned and bred by Zara Phillips, makes his debut for trainer Martin Keighley in the bumper.
The four-year-old will be ridden by champion jump jockey Richard Johnson, Phillips’ former boyfriend, although the owner will not be present as she is riding at the Aston-Le-Walls horse trials in Northamptonshire.
“Unfortunately Zara can’t make it to Uttoxeter because she’s competing but she’ll get to see the race on television,” said Keighley, who has had the four-year-old son of Golan since January.
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