Hugo Palmer’s Roman Dragon created a slice of historical past at Chester when simply holding on in an exhilarating end to the Queensferry Stakes for his seventh win on the monitor.
Nevertheless, he had failed to bother the choose in his final three begins and as such was despatched off an unfancied 16-1 for the five-furlong Listed occasion within the fingers of Jason Watson.
Given an impressed experience, he was instantly despatched to the entrance by his pilot, and regardless that Ed Walker’s 5-4 favorite Celandine completed with a flourish to pressure a photograph, Roman Dragon confirmed his bravery when it mattered to safe his seventh Chester success by a nostril.
Palmer advised Sky Sports activities Racing: “Plaudits have to go entirely to my team as I have not laid eyes on this horse since his run at Ascot last weekend as I’ve been at Goodwood.
“Jason gave him the proper experience and to suppose when he left right here after profitable on the Could assembly he was rated 97 and mainly ignore the three runs on a straight monitor at Ascot the place he has dropped right down to 94, we had 9lb to search out in my thoughts to search out with the favorite which is simply three lengths over six furlongs.
“He is most likely simply higher spherical right here and the second who was the favorite simply hit a flat spot and I am amazed really how nicely she rallied and almost bought us. I stated to somebody ‘nicely the favorite’s beat’ when she got here off the bridle and we have been nonetheless travelling however she was very courageous.
“He just loves it and doesn’t seem to go well on a straight track except when he’s 66-1 and we’re least expecting it like he did in the Middle East. I suspect he might have to go to Dubai and not Bahrain this winter though as he’ll have gone up in the handicap a fair bit.”
