Spanish racer could find his voice on track return

SPANISH

- By NICK ROBSON

Voice has obviously been a difficult horse to train but he can light up a midweek card at Lingfield in the Midnite Ain't Your Grandad’s Bookie Novice Stakes.Originally sent to Sir Michael Stoute, upon his retirement Andrew Balding was the beneficiary but he only managed to get him to the track once as a juvenile.

That was a race full of promise, though, as he finished a two-length third to First Principle, now rated 92 and the Godolphin runner-up who is now rated in three figures.

That was in December 2024 and he began life at three in April at Newmarket's Craven meeting, where he won a 10-furlong novice event. It could barely have worked out any better as the horse he beat, Push The Limit - while admittedly getting weight - has really franked the form and is now rated 103.