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Race 025 : Newmarket April 18th, 5f Conditions (3)

80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 <70 69 68 67 66 <65 64 63 62 61 <60
Chief Editor Lord Charles Urban Warrior Il Palio
Deadshot Keen Stir Crazy Resignation
Love In May Excellent Art
Gilded
Note:- Bold numbers in the grey boxes are the scale for the estimated rating level for this race. The position of the horse's name indicates the expected performance level as assessed before the race. The table can be read from left to right as the expected finishing positions of the runners.

Declarations : (9-2, Pen 5) Il Palio, Stir Crazy, (8-13 Fillies Pen 7) Gilded, Love In May, (8-12, Colts Pen 3) Chief Editor, Lord Charles, Urban Warrior, (8-9, Debut Colts) Deadshot Keen, Excellent Art, Resignation.

Pre-race Summary
 
April 17th SUMMING UP
  • RACE QUALITY: 
  • A varied history both in terms of size of field and quality. The weather in the spring, readiness of major trainers, etc. has a major affect. Steely Dan won in 2001 despite not really being a 5f type but was big and mature enough to beat a moderate group. The 2002 race was much stronger following a warmer spring and required a high class early season performance to win. 2003 was a chaotic event with a ridiculaous pace and little longer term significance. The last two races have been, in effect, three horse races between above average early 2yos and R. Hannon has won them both.
  • With the loss of the Novice race at Newcastle and no Conditions race since the Brocklesby on March 25th this is the first chance for the previous winners of the season to run for a second time. This has led to a big field in numerical terms but in general the quality of 2yos seen have been moderate with few looking likely to be competitive after early to mid-season. 
  • TRAINERS: 
  • R. Hannon has not got going with his 2yos year and the runners to date, including Gilded who runs here, have looked moderate to average level. He also introduces Resignation here.
  • N. Callaghan won the race in 2002 with the STO runner Mazepa and had the third in 2003 with the expensive purchase Savitsky (by the Coolmore sire Stravinsky and helping out M Tabor to advertise that sire). He tends to only get FTO winners with his best runners and has not had a debut success since 2003. However, his earliest runners are almost always winners in the season although Excellent Art would have to be unusually good and/or ready to win FTO in this group.
  • WGM Turner tends to have runners in the race for owner breeder M. Teversham with The Lord placed in 2002 and Lord Jack Flack a solid third of four last season. He runs Lord Charles here for the same owner who was a somewhat lucky winner of a race where the pace was too fast. He was more than ten lengths off the pace and not in the first four entering the last furlong but plugged on to pick up the stalled pacemakers.
  • SIRES:
  • First season sires :-
  • Fath has had two runners and both have won - Stir Crazy who runs here and the more expensive Chjimes who won a pace affected race on debut at 25/1 showing just moderate form.
  • Invincible Spirit has had four runners with two winners - Love In May & Spoof Master and the moderate placed runner Goose Green. Love In May runs here and he has two of the newcomers representing him - Deadshot Kee & Resignation who were both more expensive as yearling than his average.
  • Redback is repesented by Gilded who runs for his trainer who supported him with a number of purchases of his yearlings. He has had two 5f winners to date - the other is Granny Peel in a seller.
  • PADDOCK & SALES REVIEWS:
  • Excellent Art rated 76 (167) at the sales. A typical 'Pivotal', smallish, well built, compact and deep.
  • Resignation rated 67 (107), Small and just average build. Physically immature and below average athleticism.
  • Gilded rated 66 (119)
  • Stir Crazy rated 65 (111).
  • Love In May reviewed at Lingfield on March 18th and rated 69 and capable of 70-72 ratings.
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