Morning, troops. Liven up, forward march and all that jazz!
Nice to see action at God’s own racecourse, Newton Abbot, today but am disappointed to see no ‘selling hurdle’ on the old agenda. Newton Abbot without a selling hurdle is akin to the Boat Race without Oxford!
I see though that one of my fave 2YOs from last term makes his ‘classic season’ debut today. Roger Charlton’s Pythagorean, who my regular readers may recall I once mentioned in the same sentance as the ‘2,000 Guineas’, runs in the card commencer at Leicester this eve. The old boy was somewhat headstrong and a ‘bit of a character’ (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more!) last term but such behaviour may be a thing of the past now that he has been castrated (I am talking about Pythagorean by the way not old boy Roger). The plan is I understand this and then the Britannia at Royal Ascot and to be honest Pythagorean looks amazingly well treated off just 78. Is 9/2 today but am somewhat reluctant to get that much involved as (a) an awful lot of Mr Charlton’s horses have needed their first run this season and (b) this is very much Pythagorean’s ‘prep’ rather than the main event. His class could see him through this evening though, people. Whatever the outcome though this is one to watch especially with a view to Royal Ascot.
Good luck to all.