BRITISH 2yo RACING 2008 - Horse Summary
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Waffle  (CH C, Apr 13)
TRAINER
OWNER
SIRE
DAM
GRANDSIRE
SALES PRICE
J. Noseda S Roy Kheleyf Saphire (Pedigree) College Chapel €180,000 [GFM]

Racing Summary
DATE PROFILE/COMMENTS
April 26th
  • A 10 second video of Waffle in the Leicester parade ring is available. Note that it is close to 6 megabytes in size.
  • 26 Apr The unusual horse in opposition is Jeremy Noseda's Waffle. As he was developing towards his current status as 'larger' stable Mr Noseda could whizz up a 2yo for debut to match just about anyone. The days of following up a Brocklesby placer by producing an expensive horse (Distant Mist) hard fit on March 31st to iron out a field of early, AW, rabbits as he did in 2001 are presumably history. He hasn't had a runner before May in the last two years and is notable for targetting starting his best 2yos out in late May and early June. The best of these can win FTO on ability rather than priming and even the better ones can be heavy on the artlessness. As with Chapple-Hyam his earliest runners each season will include his very best mixed in with some more modest, but competitive at the 65-75 range at least, talents.
  • So, the question is why Waffle is starting out this early. Go back to the 2003-5 period and the last four horses he started out in April are a likeable bunch. In 2003 he ran Peak To Creek to finish third in this Leicester race when he was behind La Cucaracha (older Group 1 winner). He won 7 times as a juvenile ending with a Group 3 success. In 2004 his only debut runner before May was Blue Dakota who won the Group 3 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot. His last two April start-outs were in 2005 with the Group placed Salut D'Amour and the, erhem..., useless Zafarilla.
  • Waffle's has a moderate pedigree with his dam being one of those 85ish rated fillies who can get Listed placed at 2yo without being anything notable in quality terms. She was the best of a moderate family and has produced three previous foals which the sales catalogues try to sweep under the carpet. Which makes it interesting he cost a very high €180,000 as a yearling. With all that background you can easily convince yourself Waffle could be pretty good and might push Rayvin Mad reasonably hard.
  • ~Comm~
    2008 SEASON RUN DETAILS
    Run Rc # Date Course Dist Gng RcCls RcTyp SP Postn [Est] [Prf] RnSty RcPc Notes Hdgr
    138Apr 26LEIC5GS5M0.81-64835 T3OkSupport, -2+1f & Hf, Prog-2f, Led-1+, Ko
    209Jun 19ASCT5GF1Gp2NR69 .
    1442Aug 1GDWD6GF1G2c87-124360 .
    3495Aug 9HYDK5HV2Nur55-104348 .
    4544Aug 16NMKJ5G4Nur2.252-64044 .
    5895Oct 11ASCT5GSG1Gp3122-196342 1TStds' Rail Adv, Track Ldr on rail
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    Waffle:-  Pedigree Details
    DAM Name Previous Foals and their Racing Performances Foal Years General Notes
    Saphire 3 previous foals.
    Half to :-
    • +unp 3yo King's Road
    dam 5-6f 2yo/plcd 6f 3yo (OB, rtd 64/88), half to 4 minor winners
    DAM 96 = Foal €50,000 

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