Admiral rules in Chester Cup

JOHN EGAN may have missed his breakfast but he showed he still had the stomach for a big-race winner when making all aboard 28-1 outsider Admiral to take the totesport Chester Cup.

Admiral rules in Chester Cup
Thu, 11 May, 2006 - 01:00
William Hayler

Keen to partner a horse he thought might have a squeak, Egan wasted away to put up just 1lb overweight at 8st 1lb on the winner.

He might have been lacking in pounds but Egan was missing nothing in guile as Admiral beat Vinando (7-1) and Greenwich Meantime (11-2) by a length and a quarter and a head.

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