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Hobson said. "He jumps fantastic.”
Royal Manhattan won going away, with Class Canoe second. Royal Manhattan is Savage's first racehorse, and, therefore, it was his first racing win.
Hobson changed his silks, and his accent, for the timber feature. Here, he saddled Irish import Apache Twist for absent Middleburg owmer Loring Heard’s Audior Stable. The bay son of Digamist was making just his second start following a miraculous comeback from a near-fatal freak training accident.
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