Two year olds heading up Warren Hill this morning.
We are sadly coming towards the end of our stay in South Africa but we have had a fantastic time. James and Nicki Stafford are visiting us at my Mother In Law’s this evening for dinner and we are looking forward to catching up with them. The Cape Premier Yearling sales are on this weekend and there is a big buzz around them as Klawervlei are consigning four Frankel yearlings.
Magdalene Fox ran a very brave race in defeat on Monday, he looked to have put the race to bed and was collared by a horse that had fallen to a workable mark. He is likely to go up a few pounds given the distance back to the third. Dutch Uncle was caught out by the drop back in trip and after travelling well he was unable to produce the turn of foot required to get involved in the finish. He was not beaten too far but a mile and a quarter would appear to be his optimum trip.
We have two runners at two different meetings today. Global Revival runs at Lingfield in the 3:35 and he shaped with a deal of promise on his reappearance run. He is by Kyllachy and there was a slight doubt he would stay the 9 ½ furlong trip but he finished his race well and was a little unlucky. It looks a competitive five runner race and Poetic Force looks the main danger after his third in a much higher grade last time. Hochfeld may try and dictate here but he needs to bounce back from a poor run last time. We are two pounds better off with Bazwind on our last meeting and finished half a length behind him, with some improvement expected and the revised terms it would be disappointing if we can’t finish in front of him. Olympic Legend narrowly won a Naas Nursery and beat a subsequent winner so he is no forlorn hope but he has a four month absence to overcome.
Booshbash put in a career best performance when winning at Chelmsford last time. She is the only runner in the 5:50 at Kempton that has broken their Maiden but she is up against some horses who are very unexposed. Revel was very well backed to win a Maiden at Lingfield recently and shaped as though he will improve for the step up to a mile. Settle Petal has shown plenty of promise in her last two outings and comfortably holds My Lady Marie on their Kempton meeting although she was better positioned. Ocean Promise was flattered on her penultimate start but she should still improve on her slightly disappointing run over further last time, especially if she dictates. Our filly returns from a short break but I hope she can run a good race and she has a solid chance but is potentially vulnerable to one of the more unexposed types.