June 11th: Ripon
6f Maiden |
Made a high price at the Keeneland September sales.
First runner of the season for a good sire with a solid record with hid
British raced 2yos. He gets winners at all distances although he is notable
for getting runners 2yos that need to develop and wins tend to be from
mid season onwards.
Dam has a US pedigree and won a Grade 2 race at 8f at 2yo there.
Fifth debut (+ one withdrawn) for major 2yo trainer with the best of resources.
He targets maiden wins in the first two runs and the better 2yos step up
to high class races. FTO runs are normally competent and the better runners
can win & place.
The early debuts have been patchy in 2005 and have not settled into usual
standard yet. 2 of the 4 have been unplaced and inexperienced, one has
been a well beaten second after hanging and the other won a very slow race
after being allowed to get away with setting an uncontested lead. The latest
finished unplaced in a 7f race yesterday and never looked likely to win.
In summary a good pedigree but would appear to be better for development
and possibly 7f. The trainer is either a little behind schedule in 2005
or has not had the better precocious types to run yet. He appears unlikely
to have a strong representation at 'Royal Ascot' next week unless he debuts
better types there for example. Profile [67]
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