DERBY HERO SET FOR RACING RETURN ON SUNDAY

Ian Fortune

Some 246 after his last start, 2023 Boylesports Derby champion The Other Kobe will have his first outing since his greatest night when he lines out in a Star Sports/ TRC English Derby Trial Stakes at Towcester on Sunday afternoon.

He may have moved well in a recent trial at the Northamptonshire venue but he will need to be at his sharpest on Sunday with the noted tight railer drawn in five as the widest of five inside seeds in division 2 of the trial stakes.

It happens to be a five-dog contest with trap six vacant. Of course, it will be Kobe’s first outing for new handler Graham Holland after the decision was made to bring the dog out of retirement.

Holland will have no fewer than six runners on Sunday with Romeo Steel, Faypoint Susie, High Trend, Faypoint Harvey and Bockos Crystal also in action in various divisions of the trial stakes.