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An unexpected victory in the ‘Ascot Derby’ have shortened the odds on the colt for the real version at Epsom
“It’s been a complete whirlwind,” says Guy Leach, one of those owners who have been supporting racing for decades without attaining any kind of fame. His involvement, while enjoyable, has generally been confined to Mondays at Chepstow and Tuesdays at Wolverhampton, where whirlwinds are rarely to be found, but now, thanks to the magnificent Pyledriver, Leach is a Royal Ascot winner with every reason to hope for a big result in Saturday’s Derby.
Along with his brother, Huw, and Roger Devlin, a friend from long-ago university days, the Cardiff-based Leach has been owning “bits and bobs for about 20 years”. Flashy colts and Classic entries were never supposed to be on the agenda. They thought they had hit the big time when Pistol took them to the Cheltenham Festival in 2013, where he was a 25-1 shot in the Fred Winter. Continue reading...