Hughes confident of Martyr's chance Richard Hughes would not swap his ride on Martyr for anything else in Wednesday's totesport Ebor at York. Richard Hannon's five-year-old has found a new lease of life this season, winning three of his last four starts, and carries a 4lb penalty in the showpiece race of the meeting after a laughably easy success at Goodwood. "I'd be the first one to say I never thought he was an Ebor horse," admitted Hughes, speaking ahead of the launch of www.lovetheraces.com. "I'd been riding him over a mile and a half and every time I rode him he was off the bridle half a mile out. "Then when I rode him at Goodwood I was able to take a pull on him half a mile out, he absolutely loved that. "It was the first time he was able to gallop within himself at Goodwood and even though he was placed at Ascot twice he had bad draws and I had to really use him up to get a position. "He's as tough as a lion and has a good draw (four) as you can ride him up in the first three and he stays. "He's got everything you need in a horse to win the Ebor, he just needs good ground. "I'm happy, I wouldn't swap him."
