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Hugo Palmer at home with Michael Owen and looking at 2000 Guineas

Hugo Palmer has taken over at Michael Owen's Manor House stable and could score in the 2000 Guineas with Dubawi Legend.

Hugo Palmer is settling in well as new trainer at Michael Owen's Manor House stables and looks to have a QIPCO 2000 Guineas hope to go straight into battle with.
The up and coming Newmarket trainer recently made the decision to leave Kremlin House and take the place of Tom Dascombe in Cheshire.

Palmer already has Classic winning form, taking the 2000 Guineas with Galileo Gold in 2016 and has further Group 1 form with Ebro River who won the 2021 Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.

Dubawi Legend, the son of the legendary Dubawi is also settling in to Manor House and Palmer is looking at a racecourse gallop for the three-year-old ahead of a crack at the 2000 Guineas on April 30.

"I was pleased with Dubawi Legend's work," said Palmer. "It was his first bit of work since leaving Newmarket and it was good.
"The plan is still to go straight to the Guineas. I still haven't spoken to (clerk of the course) Michael Prosser about the possibility of having a racecourse gallop at Newmarket.
"It is on my list of things to do to see if I can give him a gallop, hopefully on the opening day of the Craven meeting."
"The move is all going fantastically well," said Palmer.
"I had some entries this weekend, but I don't trust the ground at Doncaster. I can't believe there is any soft or good to soft in the track.
"I think there is absolutely no chance of there being any give in the ground whatsoever. So, I just thought we would be a little bit more cautious and take a little bit more time, but I am delighted with how the horses have settled in.
"They have done really, really well. Nothing has left an oat. They have settled into the routine of the gallop, which is very similar to Newmarket's Warren Hill. Those who have worked, have worked nicely.
"It has been very mild, warm, sunny and easy, and I slightly feel the good Lord has smiled on us a little bit, especially with the way it has been last week. It would have been very difficult in a wet, cold, year.
"I wasn't worried (about the move), but people make worrying noises, don't they?
"We take horses to Dubai, we take them to Australia, France, America and they don't need a year to settle in before they do any good. They are perfectly all right.
"They have settled in great. They have come from one wonderful environment to another.
"It is so tranquil here and it is the opposite to Newmarket. They are used to the hustle and bustle and stress of Newmarket, but they have come here and it has been like a breath of fresh air for them - a lot of fresh air. It is so beautiful, it really is. It is staggering."

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