County Durham trainer to raid Galway

Trainer Paul Johnson, who is based at Stanley in County Durham, Britain breaks new ground next week when he plans to have two runners at the Galway Festival.

He is taking Hoh’s Back and Hormuz to Ireland and he explained: “We went across to Galway for a holiday last year and we had a great time, the atmosphere was superb and we decided then we would love to have a runner at the meeting.”