Affable Irish trainer Tom Hogan has his dramatically improved bargain buy Gordon Lord Byron set for Sunday's Hong Kong International Mile and hopes the four-year-old's odyssey may then continue on to Australia, reports Racing Victoria. "I'd love to take him to Melbourne," Hogan says of the gelding who was originally purchased for just 2000 euros and who has graduated from two minor wins in Ireland in May this year to Grp 1 success in France at his most recent start in October. "I
Affable Irish trainer Tom Hogan has his dramatically improved bargain buy Gordon Lord Byron set for Sunday's Hong Kong International Mile and hopes the four-year-old's odyssey may then continue on to Australia, reports Racing Victoria. "I'd love to take him to Melbourne," Hogan says of the gelding who was originally purchased for just 2000 euros and who has graduated from two minor wins in Ireland in May this year to Grp 1 success in France at his most recent start in October. "I think a race down the straight course at Flemington would be ideal for him and we're seriously looking at it."