May 14th: Thirsk
5f Novice |
Made a lowish to middling price at the Goffs sales, slightly above her
trainer's normal purchase range.
By second season sire that made a very good impression in 2004 with a good
set of sprint 2yos, including early 5f winners. He has had two 5f winners
already in 2005.
Dam has a precocious 'speed' pedigree but was unraced.
Veteran trainer has an interesting record with 2yos. Backing all of his
debut runners in the last four seasons would have led to a large profit.
This is because he gets his 2yos fit and ready to compete on debut and
they usually run in suitable races. The stable does not appear to bet so
he regularly gets long priced winners and places with his better types.
The problem is spotting which are the better types among the many lesser
2yos unless you can be on-course. One clue is that the earliest debuts
tend to include more of the stronger debuts.
He has had one debut in 2005 to date that was 50/1 and last in a similar
Novice race here.
In summary a pedigree which might produce an early sprint 2yo winner at
a moderate level. the trainer's record with FTO runs means it is always
worth checking out his runners at the course. Longer SPs in the 20/1 to
33/1 range are not off-putting although 50/1+ probably is.
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