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HOBSON’S ‘DISASTER’ IS LORDING IT NOW!

Nick Townsend on the horse Richard Hobson says ‘will stay longer than the mother-in-law’

What’s a trainer to do when one of his charges is still seeking a first victory after umpteen races here and in France, has fallen on four occasions in the process, and even had the mother of a jockey pleading with him not to put her boy in the saddle again. Oh, and his owner wants out?
When, two years ago, Richard Hobson was confronted with that scenario, he had no doubts that he should maintain his faith in the French-bred chaser Lord Du Mesnil.
How prescient that decision has p...

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