Richard Hughes set for first runner as a trainer at Epsom
Friday 4 September 2015 16:59, UK
Richard Hughes is on the verge of saddling his first runner as a trainer at Epsom on Thursday.
The three-times champion jockey retired last month after a distinguished career and is ready to competitively take the plunge in his new vocation.
Hughes, 42, has entered former Charlie Hills inmate Castle Talbot, bought on behalf of owner Gerry Dolan for 15,000 guineas in July, in the Pinsent Masons Handicap over an extended mile.
Castle Talbot raced four times for Hills, twice finishing third in maidens at Lingfield and Newcastle, and is one of 22 horses in contention for the £12,000 Epsom handicap.
Hughes said: "I'm hoping to run him (Castle Talbot) and it will be good to get started.
"He's nice horse and needs a bit of cut in the ground - or at least I think he does.
"He's a grand horse and I'm hoping he goes well.
"It's been a very busy month - I'm completely up to my eyeballs at the moment - and we've got lots more trips to the sales to come in the autumn.
"Things are going grand, though, and I'm enjoying it."
