David Payne

FOX FIGHTER’S THE KIND OF HORSE OWNERS DREAM ABOUT

FOX FIGHTER’S THE KIND OF HORSE OWNERS DREAM ABOUT

He stands barely fifteen hands, he’s athletic without being robust and he sure as hell doesn’t win out of turn. In fact, Fox Fighter’s victory in Saturday’s BM88 at the ‘Hill was his first in twenty one months.

THE DAVID PAYNE STABLE HAS BEEN ON A ROLL

THE DAVID PAYNE STABLE HAS BEEN ON A ROLL

I’ve often wondered how a trainer like Chris Waller views a race in which he has multiple representation. With just twenty horses in work David Payne rarely has that problem, although he found himself with a duo to watch in Saturday’s BM78 at Rosehill.

MONTEFILIA NAILS HER COLOURS TO THE MAST

MONTEFILIA NAILS HER COLOURS TO THE MAST

Only a student of South African history would have picked up on the significance of the colours carried by Montefilia in Saturday’s Flight Stakes.