• Trainer has first runner on opening day of Craven meeting[br]• Ex-assistant to Michael Stoute takes over Barry Hills yardIt can be cold and bleak on Newmarket Heath in the middle of April,but for a follower of Flat racing there is nowhere better to be on the first day of the Craven meeting. There is a potential Group horse at every turn as the summer code begins to rub the sleep from its eyes, and Tuesday’s card is the first step on a path that leads to Classics, or the Royal meeting and a series of summer festivals.
In the eyes of those who are paid to promote the sport,winners at the Craven meeting are not satisfactory enough for the jockeys’ championship, but the Feilden Stakes, and one of the feature events at the meeting,was satisfactory enough for Golden Horn when he made a winning seasonal debut 12 months ago.
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Source: theguardian.com