Racing: Flower shows his true Colour

Thursday 30 May 1996 23:02 BST

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The Brighton stewards called in local trainer Mark Flower after his Colour Counsellor won the selling handicap by three lengths at the track yesterday. The grey started at 20-1 and paid more than 30-1 on the Tote.

The stewards asked for an explanation for the improvement in form of Colour Counsellor who had finished 12th of 13 in his previous race - an amateur riders' event at Lingfield.

Flower said later: "He had everything his way today which suited him. If he gets a squeeze or a bump he tends to back pedal and is not very brave. Also he has not run over this trip before and that might have had something to do with it."

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