So long as I fought the Achaeans Hector suffered not the
battle range far from the city walls; he would come to the Scaean gates and to the oak tree, but no further.
Andrews completed his double on
Battle Range in the Men's Open, producing the fragile 11-year-old with a well-timed challenge to head Soleil D'Avril at the last before drawing clear on the run-in to score, a shade cosily, by two and a half lengths.
In a high-quality field, his main rivals are likely to be Mr Madeit and
Battle Range.
The fragile
Battle Range was unbeaten on his last four starts between the flags in 2016 but has been off the track for 17 months with a tendon injury.
The nine-year-old has a near-faultless career record at Alnwick and gets a confident vote to strike gold again from Oscar Stanley and
Battle Range.
HUNTERS who followed the old adage of horses for courses were rewarded when Quick Oats, Lough Inch and
Battle Range all obliged on Saturday's Meynell & South Staffordshire card at Garthorpe.
Tom McClorey's mount has been successful on his last two visits to Garthorpe and can keep the bandwagon rolling by defying a 10lb penalty against recent Hexham dual scorer
Battle Range and Michael Bannister's prolific winner My Old Piano.
Coward has enjoyed an injury-free campaign in 2016 and, fittingly, on her last ride between the flags before retiring to concentrate on her new career as a trainer, signed offwith a winner on
Battle Range at hexham last sunday.
Seven-time Yorkshire champion Jacqueline Coward signed off her riding career with a winner on
Battle Range in the Ladies' Open Race in the second fastest time ever recorded at the track.
Battle Range returned from a five-week break to outclass his 10 rivals in the Ladies' Open Race.
After missing the 2014 season with a leg injury,
Battle Range returned to action last March and was placed in two of his three starts.