June 3rd: Goodwood
6f Maiden |
Made a middling price at the sales.
By sire with a very good and consistent record with 2yos. Gets early, precocious
sprinters and good record with debut runners. Solid percentage of useful+
2yos. Notable for runners having better record on GF+ going.
Sire has had three winners this season on firmer ground (plus one heavily
built 2yo that failed on very firm ground).
Dam was a superior and precocious sprint 2yo for this trainer.
Major 2yo trainer does not target strong debuts and FTO wins come along
with the useful 2yos. He has only had a single FTO win and 12 places from
35 debuts to date (partly indicating the lack of some quality 2yos).
The trainer introduced a number of useful 2yos in this period in 2004 but
has not shown that trait so far in 2005 (perhaps he doesn't have them?)
He runs two in this race as he did in 2002 when the first won on his second
run and the other unplaced on debut. D. O'Neill rides suggesting this is
the second string.
In summary likely to be a moderate to average type being prepared for a
targeted STO run at a lesser course. Profile [53]
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