Sent off at 50-1, Ed Walker’s five-year-old was having just his third run over a mile – the last one being in May 2024 – but stayed on strongly under Kieran Shoemark. Opera Ballo set very stiff fractions under Billy Loughnane and was still in front entering the final furlong until More Thunder emerged to […]
Month: June 2026
Ten Bob Tony survives stewards’ inquiry in John of Gaunt Stakes
Not everyone thrives in the sunshine. Since the weather broke it has been raining winners for Ed Walker, who capped a memorable Saturday by completing a stakes-race treble with Ten Bob Tony. The long dry spell made life tricky at the trainer’s yard in Upper Lambourn, where the gallops were simply too quick to use. […]