Telecaster too hot for Dante favourite
Too Darn Hot was upstaged by Telecaster in a surprise result f o r t h e A l B a s t i E q u i wo r l d Dubai Dante Stakes at York.
L a s t s e a s o n ’s c h a m p i o n European t wo-year- old gave his all – but his Derby dreams were ended as Telecaster took the spoils in the hands of Oisin Murphy for trainer Hughie Morrison. Frankie Dettori had Too Darn Hot settled nicely in fourth and he was produced at the right time to make his challenge, only to find Telecaster (7-1) refusing to buckle in the closing stages as he stuck to his guns to beat the even-money favourite by a length, with Surfman staying on well for third .
Telecaster was slashed to 5-1 from 20-1 for the Investec Derby, but will have to be supplemented at a cost of £85,000 for the Epsom showpiece having previously been taken out of the race.
A s f o r To o D a r n H o t , h i s trainer John Gosden was quick to nominate the St James’s Palace Stakes over a mile at Royal Ascot as the target for his previously-unbeaten Dubawi colt. “We were here for a trial today to find out if we went for the Derby or the St James’s Palace, and we’ll run in the St James’s Palace,” said Gosden.
Me a nwh i l e , Ji m G o l d i e
i s double-handed as he bids for a fourth success in the Palmaris Services Braveheart Handicap at Hamilton Park tonight.
T h e U p l a w m o o r t r a i n e r, p r e v i o u s l y s u c c e s s f u l w i t h Hillvi ew B oy (2010) an d Sir C h a u v e l i n ( 2 0 1 6 & 2 0 1 7 ) , s a d d l e s T h e g l a s g o w w a r - r i o r a n d E m p l o y e r i n t h e £25,000 1m 4f feature. Goldie said: “It’s been a good race for us and it would be nice to win it again.”
Mark Johnston, a two-time w i n n e r o f t h e r a c e i n c l u d - i n g wi t h R a i n b ow R e b e l 1 2 m o t h s a g o , a l s o s a d d l e s a couple of runners in the shape of top-weight Fire Fighting and Charles Kingsley.
In-form Iain Jardine is rep - r e s e n t e d b y c o u r s e w i n n e r Tor while the longest traveller is Seafarer, trained at Whitsbur y in Hampshire by Derby-winning handler Marcus Tregoning.