Not too much doubt that Arlecchino's Gift was (that relative term) 'unlucky' at Wolverhampton yesterday afternoon and that the modest draw paid a key role; James just couldn't get him in early and had to drop right back to ultimately get to the rail; as he was beginning to significantly improve on the turn in the combo ran out of room completely; switched and was still improving when he had no run at all in the last furlong; despite being eased in the last 75 yards he was still only beaten just over a couple of lengths; there will be another day for sure and even the RP boys allocated him as an 'eyecatcher'.

We take Espirito to Chepstow for their five furlong Novice Stake this afternoon under Charlie; it is self evidently difficult to know the strength of the opposition and, just like our guy, you can reasonably expect those who have run to show some improvement; Espirito should certainly do that and he should also find the straight track more conducive than the Lingfield hill and turn in that he didn't handle quite so well as some on his debut; he has shown at home that he is capable of putting one hoof in front of another and we are looking forward to running him and to seeing the level of improvement that he will make; we hope that he is a nice horse, with a vfm pedigree, in the making.