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Trainer Brian Smart has relatively rare debut runners at York with 6 sinece
2002 of which 4 have been winners as 2yos. Two have been for his prime
owner Reg Bond (Bond & Marshal Tyres businessman) who sponsors the
stable. In 2002 Monsieur Bond finished second at 20/1 in a maiden which
looked much stronger than expected by season end with Somnus winning. That
runner was a 100+ rated 2yo and an older Group 2 winner. In 2005 Misu Bond
was fourth on debut at 4/1 and went on to be a Listed winner in the Redcar
Trophy.
With that background Captain
Gerrard, an expensive son of Oasis Dream, should be assessed for the
future and may compete quite well although tit looks a tough edition of
the race. He was reviewed at the sales and scored well as a compact and
powerful sprinter.
In the same York race Tom Tate runs The
Last Bottle who is a relatively expensive purchase for an important
owner for the yard. In this section a number of trainers have been highlighted
so far who are notable for getting longer priced debut winners but it has
been a so-so season for many of these so far. We have seen wins for Mick
Easterby & James Given but less predictable ones for trainers like
Ian Semple (50/1), Jim Goldie (33/1) & John Wainwright (50/1).
Mr Tate is different from some in that he does have more expensive horses
and seems to tune his horses quite well for debut. In the last 2 years
he has run 14 juveniles and four have won on debut, 2 in each season. The
SPs have been 33/1, two at 20/1 and 8/1 with three others making the first
4 at between 11/2 to 33/1. His wins have come in the period June to September
and he does not necessarily run his best 2yos in the very early ones. However
with his record he makes a case for following him each-way with all his
debuts.
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| Paddock Review : |
Montaquila was reviewed at the
sales and received the highest rating of any 2yo to have made his debut
so far. A good size and build but also a neat and ready type who carried
himself well. His trainer Howard Johnson had not had his usual strong debut
run until yesterday when his Art
Advisor finished second in the 5f Novice race at the course. With the
support of his sales report he should be another strong debut candidate.
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| Ratings : |
Party In The Park has finished
placed in what appeared to be two of the strongest maidens run so far but
has been comfortably beaten by two of the best 2yos seen to date. At Newmarket
he tried to go with Achilles Of Troy and the pace & pressure that runner
applied as he wound things up was too much for him and he had to reorganise
himself to keep second place when the pace told.
His trainer traditionally runs a very good 5-6f 2yo in the Salisbury maiden
although he has only won it once in the last 10 years. Of his six entries
he runs three and Party In The Park is first string on jockeys. If his
rating of 69 is correct then it will take a very impressive debut from
another high class 2yo to better him and he will have been unlucky three
times. If he is beaten with no obvious excuse then the form he has shown
in those defeats will need to be questioned.
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First season sire Hawk Wing has made no impact with a small number of runners
over 5f to date and never seem likely to excel in that area. His credential
to produce competitive 2yos gets a more worthwhile test in the 6f maiden
at York where he has three reasonably expensive 2yos to represent him from
solid or better trainers of juveniles. They are - Feared
In Flight, Montaquila &
The Last Bottle.
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