26th December 2023, Jockey Paul O’Brien
A big congratulations to the Owners of Court In The Act as he wins the Class 2 Maiden Hurdle at Kempton Park on Boxing Day – completing the second leg of a double for HOTSR!
The horse made the running in the competitive contest and overall he jumped and travelled very strongly. He made a few novicey errors down the back straight but as Paul started to inject some speed when turning out of the back straight the entire field were off the bridle. Two great leaps over the last two were exactly what Court In The Act needed as he really rallied up the straight to land his first victory over hurdles.
We are so thankful to jockey Paul O’Brien and to have him on board as he really does know this horse best and he feels there is more improvement to come from this youngster. Trainer Harry Derham has already tentatively pencilled in a race at Sandown Park on their Jumps Finale day too which is very exciting!
A huge thanks to Harry and his team for all of their hard work with the horse, and we must thank Oliver Sherwood too who bought this horse for us originally.
It was great to soak up the atmosphere of the King George meeting and to have a winner there too really was the most perfect Christmas treat!
Please see below some photographs taken on the day by ourselves.
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