Expensive Purchase Tuk Power to make debut at Kempton (Plus Reviews and Previews)

Previews: 

Wouldn’t it be great if money was no object and you could just splash the cash on anything you wanted, well the Leicester City owners can afford to do just do that? The King Power International Group certainly have money to spend, they are the largest duty-free company in Thailand and this week have three horses entered that come to a tidy sum of 2,050,000 gns. When you can spend 1,300,000 gns on one horse you know you have made it in life and let's face it they keep buying quality horses, so it has to be good for the sport. 

Tuk Power the 1,300,000 gns horse runs at Kempton, trained by Andrew Balding, this 3-year-old Dubawi filly has a huge price tag around her neck, so I will be interested to see how she runs, not sure why she didn’t run as a 2-year-old, plus she never had any significant entries either, so I will be interested to see what the market says about her debut run. 

Mystery Power has an early entry for the evening meeting at Kempton on Friday. This No Nay Never 2-year-old colt cost a cool 250,000 at the tattersall sales last October and is trained by Richard Hannon, he does not have any significant entries as yet, so I will be checking the market for any clues.

Chil Chil is trained by Andrew Balding and cost 500,000 back in October 2017. This 3-year-old filly is by Exceed and Excel, she had one run in May but looked keen to me and with the benefit of that run under her belt could be in the mix at the finish. 

Reviews and Bet Reviews. 

I had no luck in the Derby with my selection Telecaster who actually finished last, not sure if there was a problem with him or just simply outclassed. My couple of quid doesn't seem too bad of a loss compared to the owners £85,000 supplement fee but you have to be in it to win it. It was an amazing race with Anthony Van Dyck finishing like a train to take Madmoon inside the last furlong with Japan, Broome and Sir Dragonet all running great races to finish close together. I did have a little double with the winner and Virgil Van Djik to score anytime but no luck. 

I mentioned three trackers in my post on Saturday. I had two in the same race at Doncaster, Full Verse who had a Group 2 Railway stakes entry and Kuwait Direction who had a Class 2 entry at Chester but didn't run. Full Verse was too short for me and to be honest, I did like the look of Kuwait Direction and everything pointed to a big run, so I had an each way bet at 9/1. I was made up when this Richard Hannon colt never fluffed the start like his last run and was well away, Full Verse took it up a furlong to go and beat Kuwait Direction by a nose, I didn't realise how close it was till I saw the replay later and was gutted, to be honest as it would have been a nice start to the day. Separate was my other tracker and won easily at odds of 4/6. 

I had a couple of bets on Thursday, first was Eton College for Mark Johnston who looked professional on debut and up with the pace until tiring late on and the other was a speculative bet on Gypsy Rocker in the same race who was never involved. 

The Saturday Trixie Review: 

My selection was Kuwait Direction each way so it was a good start with a 9/1 place but Aaron and Sam's selections were unplaced even though running good races. One of these days we will get a double up but am not holding my breath at the minute haha. 

Timeform Early Declaration 

Alert 17:15 Kempton 05 Jun 2019: Taste The Nectar had a Class 2 entry and Listed entry but didn’t run also ran in the Marygate Fillies Listed Stakes at York. 

15:10 Haydock 06 Jun 2019: Dubai Station was entered to run Class 2 at Beverley but runs here instead. 15:10 Haydock 06 Jun 2019: Partridge was also entered to run in a Class 2 at Beverley but runs here. 

15:10 Haydock 06 Jun 2019: Majestic Sands another one who runs here instead of Beverley. 

14:20 Ripon 06 Jun 2019: Praxeology had a Class 2 entry at Pontefract but never ran. Some potentially good horses running over the next few days and I might even just watch and not bet we will see. Thanks for reading and good luck.

Cool as you like, Majestic Sands Heads to Royal Ascot 2019

In a week when all the talk was about the Epsom Derby and who will win one of the world's most famous races of the year, a Kodiac colt running at Leicester may not have been noticed by many race fans. The horse in question is the Richard Fahey trained 2-year-old breeze up horse Majestic Sands who was bought for 90,000 guineas as a yearling by the famous Cool Silk Partnership at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up sale. The well-backed 3/1 favourite won by just under a length from the other Cool Silk runner Cool Sphere after wandering about in the final furlong. The word is they could both be heading to Royal Ascot which would be great for owners Cool Silk Partnership. The owners love a breeze-up horse and have had a few good horses over the years.

The British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes is won cosily by Majestic Sands, with @bazmchugh taking the ride for the @RichardFahey yard 👏 pic.twitter.com/fBbCxZOheF

— Leicester Racecourse (@LeicesterRaces) May 28, 2019

Five-year-old Prince Of Lir was a great purchase, bought at Goffs Breeze up sale in 2016 for £170,00 and trained by Robert Cowell, he won his first two races including the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes at Ascot and finished his career with a rating of 102 and now stands at Ballyhane Stud. 

Sands Of Mali was bought at the Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Breeze-Up Sale in 2017 for £75,000 and trained by Richard Fahey, he won the Gimcrack Stakes as a 2-year-old and won three Group sprints as a 3-year-old and is currently rated 118. 

Charming Kid is another who was bought at Goffs Breeze-up sales in 2018 for £105,000, he may not of hit the heights of the other two I mentioned but contested some good group races and will be hoping for another couple of wins this season. Midnight Sands is a 90,000 Euro Breeze-up purchase who is now with Doug Watson and won at the Dubai Carnival in March this year. The future looks bright for the Cool Silk Partnership and looking ahead next week they have a couple more 2-year-olds ready to run. Moon of Love a Kodiac filly who is trained by Richard Fahey and was bought in April for £130,000 at Goff sales. She is entered in a couple of races this week, first at Nottingham on June 5th. Over the past four seasons, Richard has a decent 27 percent strike rate with his 2-year-olds in novice and maiden races over 5 furlongs at Nottingham. Moon of Love is also entered on June 5th at Ripon where Richard has a 19.2 percent strike rate with his 2-year-olds in novice and maiden races over 5 furlongs. 

The next is Flaming Princess, this Hot Streak filly who is trained by Richard Fahey and was bought for £60,000 at the Tattersalls sales back in April and is entered to run in the same races as Moon of Love at the early stages. One for later in the season is Sands Of Giza, this Kheleyf colt who again is trained by Richard Fahey was bought for £67,000 in August last year at the Goff sales. Thanks for reading and good luck.