| 10 May
| Gerard Butler has had a challenging time recently. 2007
saw his 2yos out of form and he didn't have a winner before the close of
the turf season. In the past he was a trainer that identified the better
2yos and targeted their first two outings before they ran. This looked
very like the Noseda approach now with debut winners running in Listed+
races 14-21 days after the first run and looking like that was always the
plan before they ran. He lost some major owners prior to 2007 and has had
to move to new stables in 2008 away from the base at Compton in Oxfordshire
owned by Swedish businessman Erik Penser (Compton & Beauchamp....etc).
If we go back to the 2002-5 period before the changes he was 2 from 5 with
debuts of 2yos in May. Similar to Noseda if they were starting out before
his normal later June period it was because they had shown something to
make it worth running them. So, why is he running Agente Parmigiano?
On pedigree you couldn't get much enthused, the dam was a poor AW maiden
around Southwell for the most part. She was mostly related to maidens &
garbage aside from the the family 'freak' of Ron's Victory. In that context
26,000gns seems a highish price so perhaps he has got some physical presence.
The trainer's three previous Ascot debuts haven't been better types so
an interesting runner but not a Noseda challenger.
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