Recent sparkling winners including Mark Johnston's Misty Grey who flopped on debut but won by seven lengths at Ripon next start when as big as 20/1 on the betting exchanges, returning 17/2 SP with bookmakers.
All you have to do is follow the updates on the 2019 Group Horse Page.
So what are we looking at for Wednesday? Three two-year-old races to consider. I haven't even looked at the races as yet, so you are following my lead as I assess each race as you read these words. At the rock face, so to speak.
2:00 Ayr -
A 6f Maiden Stakes on good to firm going. Nine two-year-olds take part.
Let's take a look at the significant juveniles in this race. Mark Johnston has a number of talented juveniles. So far we have seen Xcelente, Companion, Alminoor & Misty Grey winning in style.
Johnston has a Frankel colt making its debut today. Fred is a chestnut colt out of the winning mare Dierdre who was trained by John Gosden. He cost 145,000 guineas at the yearling sales, which is a comparatively cheap purchase considering the stallion fee is £175,000. Perhaps Fred is an ugly duckling because you would expect him to cost more. Johnston has given this February foal a Class 2 stakes race entry which gives some hope. I often say that this stable sends out an easy winner or a poor loser.
Time will tell.
Interesting to see Karl Burke had a winner at Carlisle the other day in the shape of Rayong. A few of the stable's juveniles have been running better and this may give encouragement for Lord Of The Lodge. This Irish-bred son of Dandy Man cost 35,000 euros and received a couple of Class 2 Stakes entries. The stable has just three entered juveniles at this time. From a statistical point of view, this stable can win on debut, although they are a much better proposition second start.
Interesting.
A couple more two-year-old races to look at.
2:45 Yarmouth & 7:25 Kempton
Sadly, I don't have the time to write about these races so you will have to take a look at those yourself. The entries are there on the page so it really is a very straight forward appraisal.