Racing Ahead

NEWMARKET

Dave Youngman watches the future superstars on the gallops

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NOW we are in full swing with this new Flat season, GODOLPHIN have very large numbers of horses going out early in the mornings here at Newmarket as I am sure you all can well imagine.

I hope you like my photo of the horses making their way out onto the gallops. What a joy it is for me to watch these superbly bred horses, I really enjoy watching the progress of the inmates from trainer Charlie Appleby’s yard before they have ever been on the racecourse.

UNRACED Godolphin fillies WITH THE MOONLIGHT and LIFE OF DREAMS are really blossoming now and I have been really impressed by the work they have done.

Another unraced juvenile in this string going well is a Kingman colt named KING OF TIME out of the mare Lambattna, this was bred by Bjorn Neilsen. Unraced three year old son of Sea The Stars NEPTUNE SEAS has really come to hand in the last couple of weeks and is not far off a first run for Godolphin.

Sadly unraced three-year-old son of Sea The Stars, MASTER OF THE SEAS, was found to have injured a joint in his leg and will miss the St James Palace stakes at Royal Ascot. Charlie Appleby is now looking to get him to Goodwood for the Sussex Stakes.

JOHN Gosden has his string in fine fettle at present and as yet unraced juvenile SPECIAL ENVOY continues to impress me. This son of Frankel is out of Marlinka and was bred by Elite Racing. It was sold to Juddmonte Farms for 850,000 guineas. From what I have seen of his work he will have no trouble repaying that purchase price, he is a colt that lengthens and extends just like his sire used to on the gallops here at HQ.

HARRY Herbert and Jake Warren bought a lovely son of Mehmas at the Craven Breeze Up sales and this colt has now been named HEBRIDIES. It has gone into training with William and Mo Haggas at Somerville Lodge for the Oak Tree Syndicate and hopefully will be having his first race within the next month or two. He is a well topped type and lovely stamp of horse, he should have no trouble winning a nice race or two for his loyal Syndicate members. AL AASY is impressing in the Haggas string in his work and the son of Sea The Stars will be heading to Royal Ascot next with a big chance of success there.

SIR Michael Stoute’s trusty assistant trainer James Horton is leaving Freemason Lodge at the end of this season to start training himself in Yorkshire for owner John Dance. James has had a great mentor in Sir Michael and he is sure to do well in his new venture, with the support of such a good loyal owner he is bound to ease gently into the role and we can all look forward to seeing him succeed next season with some very nice winners.

SIMON and Ed Crisford have some nice unraced juveniles in their string at Gainsborou­gh Stables on the Hamilton Road. One that has taken my eye recently doing some impressive work is CROUPIER a lovely bay colt by Invincible Spirit out of a Street Cry mare. This colt cost 100,000 guineas

and looks worth every penny judged on the way he has been burning up the HQ gallops. PROFIT GIVEN, another unraced youngster in this string by Profitable, is also going especially well at present.

AFTER the horses have worked out on the Limekilns gallops at Newmarket trainers like the horses to cool down by walking gently among the trees just as you see this horse doing in my photo. It helps them relax and enjoy the work and general training routine. What great horses and wonderful jockeys I have been lucky enough to see on these famous gallops over the years and God willing I hope to do so for many years to come.

WITH the recent death of former top rider Joe Mercer it served to remind me of the exciting times we had here when he was stable jockey to Henry Cecil. I saw a lot of him then and was able to watch him close up on such Cecil greats as LIGHT CAVALRY, ONE IN A MILLION, KRIS, BUCKSKIN and many, many more.

He first joined the Warren Place team in 1977 and was always a most stylish rider and wonderfull­y reliable person.

LIGHT CAVALRY was sired by Brigadier Gerard, who he had such great success on and won the 1980 St Leger for owner Jim Joel. KRIS was a wonderful miler by Sharpen Up owned by Lord Howard De Walden that the CecilMerce­r combinatio­n did so well with.

KINGMAN OFFSPRING TO FOLLOW

IN our Newmarket stables we have some very impressive as yet unraced progeny by top Juddmonte sire KINGMAN. Here are a few for your notebooks:

SIR Michael Stoute houses three very nice types by this sire in AL BAAHY, a bay colt out of the New Approach mare Secret Keeper and who is already pointing his toe in very nice fashion out on the gallops in his work for the Freemason Lodge handler. CAPSTAN, out of Arizona Jewel, has not done any serious work but is an impressive looking individual of substance. ASSESMENT, out of the mare Clinical owned by Cheveley Park Stud, is a colt catching my eye with some stylish work and I know Sir Michael is very keen on him.

ROGER Varian has also got some nice Kingman juveniles including KINGMAX, a very attractive bay coly out of Baino Hope, that is moving well and looks full of promise for the Carlburg handler. AKHU NAJLA is a lovely moving colt by this sire out of the Galileo mare Galicuix. He will need time to fully furnish but will be a more than nice type for next year. SAKHEER is a lovely bay colt out of the Dubawi mare Deuce again and has really filled the eye in some excellent work.

JOHN Gosden, who trained Kingman so brilliantl­y, has some beautiful offspring of this sire. SUPER CHIEF is a strong forward colt out of Eastern Belle and should do well later in the season for the Clarehaven yard. CRENELLE is a grey filly owned by Juddmonte that is already breezing along in eye catching fashion. SAMBURA, a colt out of the Dansili mare Tempera, is also showing himself very forward and doing strong impressive work already.

I look forward to meeting up with you all once again on the racecourse in the not too distant future. daveyoungm­an@btinternet.com

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