Guineas News: Smart looking to send his Classic hopefuls to trials

News / Timeform / 01 April 2012 / Leave a Comment

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"Romeo Foxtrot and Ptolemaic have also done exceptionally well."

Bryan Smart is keen to give his three Newmarket Guineas entries a run in one of the trials to assess their prospects of going for Classic glory.

The North Yorkshire trainer has Foxtrot Romeo (Timeform master rating of 99) and Ptolemaic (97) in the 2000 Guineas and Excelette (102) in the 1000 Guineas.

All three are big prices in the ante-post markets for their respective events, but Smart reports them to have wintered well.

"Excelette has done really well through the winter. I'm very pleased with her," said Smart.

"Romeo Foxtrot and Ptolemaic have also done exceptionally well.

"All three will probably take in a trial and we'll see what we do after that.

"They all had good first seasons and have done very well during the winter."

In other Guineas news, Mick Channon is weighing up options for his exciting filly Samitar (112).

The daughter of Rock Of Gibraltar showed her quality during a fine juvenile campaign, winning an Ascot Group 3 and a Newmarket sales race.

She was also beaten just a head by Lyric Of Light (114p) in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile and Channon is looking forward to seeing her return to the track as a three-year-old.

"Samitar is great, I'm very pleased with her," said the West Ilsey trainer.

"I'm not quite sure where she'll go first, she might run in a sales race, but we'll see."

Samitar is currently [30/0] for the 1000 Guineas and the same price for the Epsom Oaks.

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Follow The Money: Smart Choice?

Follow the Money / Follow The Money / 30 March 2011 / Leave a Comment

Will Choice Of Remark storm to victory at Lingfield?

"The market support for Choice Of Remark is of huge significance."

Today's Follow The Money movers come from the meetings at Lingfield, Catterick and Hereford.

In Lingfield's Five Furlong Maiden Stakes for two-year-olds at 14:30, Choice Of Remark is now trading at [3.45] from [5.10]. David Evans is known for getting his two-year-olds ready early in the season and this horse looks like another likely type on pedigree. The market support is of huge significance for a race like this.

Chicago Alley has been showing little support today and is out to [3.95] from [2.98] in the 14:40 at Hereford. Tony Carroll's mare is returning from a 10 month break. She was a maiden over hurdles before showing much better form when switched to fences. She won three of her last four races in that sphere but starts out again this season over hurdles so it would seem more of a warm-up race today before going back over the larger obstacles.

Finally we go to Catterick for the start of the turf flat season and Another Wise Kid has been showing some nice support into [6.00] from [11.00] in the 16:20 Maiden Stakes. Paul Midgley's gelding showed some promise when finishing third on his last outing as a two-year-old and the improvement he showed through all four of his races suggests there is more improvement to come. The market support backs this up.

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