She has no flowers but Julia Brooke is still celebrating True Romance

True Romance: pictured winning at Musselburgh under Graham LeeCredit: Grossick Racing

Trainer Julia Brooke faced some anxious moments last week as water surged through her yard in Leyburn, North Yorkshire. Happily, bar the decapitation of some flowers, the yard escaped relatively unscathed.

And Brooke was able to enjoy a much more relaxing experience at Catterick on Tuesday when the thriving True Romance cruised to victory in the 1m4f handicap under Graham Lee, backing up an impressive success at Musselburgh last month.

"We've no flowers left," said Brooke, reflecting on last week's floods which also hit Mark Johnston's yard. "We had a few flowers and they looked quite nice, but then they got all their heads taken off.

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Tony McFadden

Published on 6 August 2019inReports

Last updated 18:46, 6 August 2019

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