British 2yo Racing - 2015 Race Result :- 205 : Tue, June 23rd - Beverley 2:15, 7.5f Maiden Auction (6)

BRITISH 2yo RACING - 2015 Season Race Result

Race 205 : Tue, June 23rd
Beverley 2:15, 7.5f Maiden Auction (6)

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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	94.61 [Compare]	0	Link	None

	Horse	SP	[EST]	LB	Run	Wnr	Shp	Trainer	Dw	Hf	LBL	Run Notes
1	Star Focus	0.91	25.0	-	3			M. Johnston	3	1	-0.5	Drift 4/6,
2	Poplar Close	1.88	21.0	2.0	2	A		D. O'Meara	8	4	2.2	Supp 9/4,
3	Secret Banta	25	5.0	9.0	3			T. D. Easterby	6	6	5.7	2ndCols,
4	The Excel Queen	33	3.5	10.8	1			A. C. Coyle	5	5	4.0
5	Secretan	66	3.0	11.5	3			O. Pears	7	2	0.5
6	Market Fresh	20	-3.5	12.3	1			T. D. Easterby	2	7	6.2	1stCols,
7	Mr Conundrum	8	8.0	13.0	1			A. Duffield	1	3	2.0
NR	Causey Arch							M. Dods	4			NR = Self Cert (Not Eaten Up). Declared 07:06am.

SUMMARY

GF in Early am as on Decs. Watering but no details given.

CoC quote = "The inside rail around the bottom bend has been moved out by circa 2 yards from the 8-furlong point (round course) to the 2-furlong point, adding 7 yards to all races over 7 furlongs and further. This creates a false rail, finishing around the 2-furlong mark in the home straight".

=== Pre Race ===

Picture on the Duffield website of Mr Conundrum making him look typical of the type they buy. Smaller to smaller medium with some body length. But, on the narrow side and the Duffields seem to be happy to take what they see as Athleticism over raw power. With the note that their spending budget will often rule out some of the bulkier types they might like to buy. But, for example, interesting to line up 20 of Duffield's cheaper buys along side 20 of Stan Moore's and see whether you could sort them into the correct groups. Moore going the other direction and wanting some bulk in his buys and not much bothered by what shape they are or if they look as athletic as a wardrobe.

Breeze Video for Mr Conundrum a very mixed story. Starts with him trotting and a side on view. With 4 white feet and a blaze he looks flashy and moving ok. Trot shows him looking a touch too long in the body and each jump to the other diagonal too up-and-down and not enough forward movement. Looks better when he briefly changes to canter before kicking off the 2f Breeze. Which looks pretty ugly and with his 4 legs seeming to be operating part independently. No flow, KA in from and left foreleg working crooked. Below average cadence. A bit better behind overall. But, a 7.5f debut presumably because what he showed in the Breeze probably is his 'speed'. Sees the breeze out. Looking an ok size (topweight in a lowest level Auction) in this field but a (somewhat ugly) slower galloper?

=== Post Race ===

Usually a poor to moderate race with the few subsequent winners making the first few places normally. Has not produced an Open Maiden winner int hose 3 years. Only late winner in 2014 the 2nd placer who won a 10f nursery off OR63. Which characterising the normal standard pretty well. 2013 stronger with 2 x Fahey placer for MPR winning nurseries in the 70s and the 5th home an Auction winner who got OR70+. 2012 a wide margin winner who got rated 80+ at 2yo but did not win again until 4yo off OR68 and has won this year over 16f and OR69. That winner's runner-up won a similar race here NTO then was dropped to a claimer by Duffield when on OR70. Bizarrely, or informatively, turned up in the US as a 3yo running in a Grade 3 on Turf (unp at 26/1). Testament to What? Poor quality of US turf events? The 'improvement' that can be conjured up when you get the drugs out and use whatever you want? The 2012 field empty otherwise.

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Average Pace with Star Focus getting to the lead on the rail early and controlling the pace. Vaguely attended by Secretan but the A3 on that one backing his horse out of eyeballing SF. Jk Fanning on SF in a familiar position on a MaJo horse getting a comfortable lead and able to make enough of an effort to go clear. SF even a 70? Time to start looking at OR estimates with nurseries starting in early July. SF perhaps get a 71-2 and would need a below Average nursery to win one? Plenty of thin ones early on and in the North.

Poplar Close a touch smaller than SF, running 1 wide throughout and giving SF a 2L+ head start so no chance she was going to run SF down. But, staying on competently in the last 1f and usable 64ish?

No real interest int he others. Mr Conundrum seeming to fit into the proposed model for him from his picture and Breeze Video. Looking an bit bigger in the field of of some possible interest as he pulled himself through to 2R on the rail downhill. But, already showing a high and uneven action if front early on the uphill section and left behind 2f out as SF kicked with MrCon showing the expected slow action in front when putunder pressure and notably outpaced.