There's a line from the Victorian poet, Pam Brown, that goes: be wary of a horse with a sense of humour.
It's probably unlikely that jockey Josh Parr was thinking about Pam Brown when he threw his leg over the Chris Waller-trained three-year-old gelding Influential for the Spring Stakes on the weekend. It's more likely that he was thinking about his earlier win on Lekvarte - one of the best backed runners on the day - in Race 4. Or maybe he was just focused on the job ahead.
