Greatest Journey opens new chapter in career with first win for Mick Appleby
The lights went off when Greatest Journey was last in action, but there were no problems with illumination at Dunstall Park as the six-year-old took the feature 1m1½f handicap.
Greatest Journey was one of the runners involved in the race that was voided at Chelmsford when there was a power cut during the heat of battle, but the six-year-old delivered a first win since joining Mick Appleby when coming clear by a length and a quarter under Alistair Rawlinson.
Owned by The Hobbits, Greatest Journey was formerly with Godolphin, but was picked up by Appleby last November for only £3,000.
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