British 2yo Racing - 2012 Race Result :- 109 : Mon, May 28th

BRITISH 2yo RACING - 2012 Season Race Result

Race 109 : Mon, May 28th
Windsor 6:10, 5f Novice (5)

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[Est] is the B2yoR Rating. Green indicates a 55+ level,
Cream between 30 & 54, Pink less than 30.
Wnr = previous/LATER 2yo Winner. Letter is Race Type.
Hf = Position at Halfway. Green indicates making places to the finish.

GOING	TIME	RcPc	Video	VP
GF	59.74 [Compare]	1	Link	None

	Horse	SP	[EST]	Run	Wnr	Trainer	Dw	Hf	Run Notes
1	Annunciation	0.66	62	3	V	R. Hannon	3	1	B1 1Clr Immed, XF Erl, CmfLd, SFre Hf SFFH, IncrPc-2f+, TvCmf-2f, Eff-2f+, ko, 5Clr ins-0.5f, EasedLt
2	Emirates Echo	2	44	2		D. M. Simcock	1	3	UnsttlStalls, B-2, Dv Erl RL, Rsp+0.5f SwcL, HgL+1f, -4L Hf Ngl STTR, Dv-2f+ STTR, po ins-2f SHgL, Po-1f, po-0.5f+, FdLt
3	Quality Mark	6.5	44	1		J. Noseda	2	2	BOk, Resp Erl, Ngl+1f SInx Resp, Ngl-2f+ Resp, po-1.5f, Fd Lt

SUMMARY

GF with 15mm of watering reported by early AM on the day and further 'selective watering' later. The course do like chucking the water on. Warm and sunny day forecast leading up to this evening meeting. GOING Stick = From Sunday = Update?

Light to Medium SW Wind = Half Tailwind from the Right.

Hannon Website = " We run Annunciation, who hopefully can make it third time lucky. He ran really well first time up at Haydock, and we thought that he would win at Doncaster, but he bumped into what might prove to be an above-average one of Clive Cox's. This is no penalty kick, but he should be hard to beat."

Noseda Website on May 26th in a piece noting he was now ready to get going with his 2yos and how the first batch competed would give him a lot of info about how good the ones he has are. Did not mention Quality Mark but two snippets = "the focus will switch to Windsor where a Speightstown colt called Ian’s Dream will compete in a 5f maiden". Ian's Dream not declared in this early batch. Plus = "I was pleased with our first two-year-old runners [Becky Lou & Blue Nova]. The filly that we run on Saturday [The Gold Cheongsam = 3rd] and those we plan to run next week will give me more of an idea of where we stand. I feel quite positive about the horses that we will be introducing over the next week.". Note that Quality Mark was bought (?retained) in the US and Withdrawn from being solid at the Doncaster Breeze-Up sales in late April. Withdrawn for good, bad or niggly injury reasons? Note that QM seems to be running in the same ownership as the dam Cassis whom Noseda trained to win at 5f early and place in the Cherry Hinton in early July as a 2yo before going up in distance at 3yo.

Strong performance by Annunciation who looked better setting his own pace. In his first two runs he has sat 4th then been asked to make a forward move. He has been travelling comfortably at 2F out both times and produced a strong effort to a clear 2nd but not been able to overhaul the best of the three ahead of him at halfway. Seemed to improve here and perhaps partly for not being held up. A little free around halfway but always travelling strongly and a very good effort towards 1F out. Going on strongly at the finish. Perhaps also improved for faster going.

Hannon junior interviewed afterwards and said that they thought he was good but had run into some better class horses on his previous two runs. He said Annunciation was still in the 6f Listed Woodcote Stakes 6 days later and they were seriously considering that now. Given a low draw near the rails and allowed to run prominently he would set a stiff standard for others to overhaul in that race. Hannon also has Mister Marc entered who has ben high up in their early 2yo list since season start and both that one and Annunciation specifically mentioned by jockey Hughes in '2yos of 2012' as ones he like. Also entered for the Woodcote in Euxton Hall who beat Annunciation on debut and you would guess that Reckless Abandon who beat him at Doncaster STO will run in either the Norfolk or Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. Hannon oftend runs horses a step below his best in the Woodcots but Annunciation & Mister Marc look beter quality than that.

Looking at form 'franking' the performance here by Emirates Echo helps to put the 4.5L win by New Pearl on softer ground at Newmarket into a bit of perspective. Beaten even more comfortably here and looking smaller against the winner. Perhaps a couple of minor excuses with a slow start after being unsettled in the stalls. Ran a bit green and never responding quickly to the jockey and that perhaps also because of the faster going. Needs to get back to his competent FTO effort but looking just into Open Maiden winner rating level on this, unless Annunciation is very good. Worth noting that the various horses above also link together through Kimberella who was 4th at Newmarket and runner-up to Mister Marc at Goodwood in a slowly run race. The Hannon's seem to think that the Newmarket 4th - Mysterial - is very good and perhaps better then Annunciation of Mister Marc but has underperformed, mainly through cluelessness, in his two outings.

Quality Mark a solid debut and looking around Open Maiden level. Unable to match the pace of the first two inside the 2F out mark but plugging on again at the end.