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Reports04 November 2024

'He put it all together on the right day' - Matt Sheppard wins his own race advertising trainer's new book

Matt Sheppard: among the winners at Ludlow on Thursday
Matt Sheppard: successful with Famoso in the 2m handicap chase

Famoso was a fitting winner of the concluding 2m handicap chase, a race sponsored by his trainer Matt Sheppard to advertise his new book.

Sheppard was selling copies of Confessions of a Slow Two-Miler for the first time at the track and Famoso ended the day on the perfect note with a two-and-a-half-length success under the trainer's son Stan.

Sheppard said: “That was about as good as it gets! It was a career-best performance and Stan gave him a blinding ride. He's very well bred and probably has far more ability than he lets on, but he put it all together on the right day.

"It's very satisfying and humbling that so many people have been keen to buy the book. I've sold at least 100 copies and would need to sell 400 to break even. I'm not greedy though and just chuffed people are wanting to buy it."

Confessions of a Slow Two-Miler is priced at £15 and can be bought through the Weatherbys website.

Treble up

Olly Murphy enjoyed a quickfire across-the-cards 30-1 treble in just over half an hour.

Two of Murphy's winners were at Hereford, with the Lewis Saunders-ridden Bread And Butter landing the 2m3½f handicap hurdle and Sean Bowen's mount Kilbarry Hill striking in the 2m3½f maiden hurdle.

The Beau Morgan-ridden Prince Imperial justified short odds in the 2m4½f novice hurdle at Plumpton.

Baz strikes in feature

Getbazoutofhere gained back-to-back course-and-distance wins on her return in the feature 3m1f mares' handicap chase.

The Tom Gretton-trained eight-year-old made all under David Noonan for a seven-and-a-half length success.


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