5.25 Windsor:
All seven winners of this five furlong juvenile event at Windsor have been returned at odds of 8/1 or less.
DIAMOND LAURA and ANJOMARBA finished in the placings behind what looks to be the best juvenile seen out to date this year (Monsieur Chevalier) which in the contest of this event looks decent enough form for the pair to figure prominently again. ANJOMARBA went on to give Grand Zafeen a decent race at Pontefract last week, the pair finishing five lengths clear of their rivals.
The Hannon pair SIXPENNY MOON and KINGS OF LEO (Richard snared nine gold medals in the juvenile sector at Windsor during 2008) cannot be ignored despite their low draw (a trap one contender won here at Windsor in a juvenile race last week), whilst Hughie Morrison’s Exceed And Excel representative SIX DIAMONDS is the yard’s first two-year-old runner this year. Hughie won the feature race on this card last year for good measure, whilst one of yard’s two-year-old runners won at the first time of asking last season.
DIAMOND LAURA WAS BEATEN A SHORT HEAD (7/2) WHILST ANJOMARBA WAS A NON RUNNER
Stats this season relating to two-year-old events (up to and including Saturday April 25th):
Winning sires:
3–Camacho (Sire–Danehill)
2–Auction House (Exbourne)
2–Bahamian Bounty (Cadeaux Genereux)
2–Chevalier (Danehill)
2–Titus Livius (Machiavellian)
1–Arakan (Nureyev)
1–Bertolini (Danzig)
1–Chineur (Fasliyev)
1–Danehill Dancer (Danehill)
1–Exceed & Excel (Danehill)
1–Fasliyev (Nureyev)
1–Firebreak (Charnwood Forest)
1–Footstepsinthesand (Giant’s Causeway)
1–Hunting Lion (Piccolo)
1–Imperial Dancer (Primo Dominie)
1–Invincible Spirit (Green Desert)
1–Ishiguru (Danzig)
1–Johannesburg (Hennessy)
1–Kheleyf (Green Desert)
1–King’s Best (Kingmambo)
1–Pastoral Pursuits (Bahamian Bounty)
1–Superior Premium (Forzando)
1–Tagula (Taufan)
1–Trans Island (Selkirk)
1–Van Nistelrooy (Storm Cat)
1–Zafeen (Zafonic)
Foaling dates of winners:
11–March
8–February
6–April
5–January
2–May
Winning trainers:
6–M. Channon (20 runners–44/374 last year)
5–P.D. Evans (17 runners to date–17/197 last year)
2–Tom Dascombe (5 runners–14/92 last year)
3–R. Hannon (16 runners–95/675 last year)
2–B. Hills (7 runners–26/228 last year)
1–A. Bailey (1 runner–5/48 last year)
1–George Baker (3 runners–3/38 last year)
1–P. Eddery (2 runners–2/29 last year)
1–R. Fahey (4 runners–25/286 last year)
1–J.S. Goldie (1 runner–0/11 last year)
1–P.J. McBride (3 runners–1/15 last year)
1–A. McCabe (3 runners–7/94 last year)
1–I.W. McInnes (7 runners–1/25 last year)
1–B.R. Millman (5 runner–3/72 last year)
1–P.S. McEntee (1 runner–no juvenile runners last year)
1–K. Ryan (13 runners–31/238 last year)
1–B. Smart (1 runner–33/213 last year)
1–Mrs L. Stubbs (8 runners–7/36 last year)
1–W. Turner (9 runners–5/79 last year)
Trainers waiting for their first juvenile winner this year include:
J.S. Moore (9 runners–12/107 last year)
M. Johnston (3 runners–58/328 last year)
Number of 2YO races thus far: 32
Favourites: 16 winners–10 placed–8 unplaced
1st 3 in the betting: 24 winners–28 places–47 unplaced
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Betting trends:
90 juveniles have contested races this year at odds of 22/1 or more:
1 winner–9 placed–80 unplaced
= loss of £351.00 to level £5.00 each way stakes.
22/32 (68.7%) of races have been won by horses starting at 11/2 or less.