Dovils Duel was by far our sharpest two-year-old back in March but he proved very disappointing in two runs on the track. Although the ground may have been too soft at Doncaster when fifth in the Brocklesby, he was very badly behaved in the preliminaries. At Kempton, he behaved better but produced an average effort, dropping away in the home straight. In his defence, he had the outside stall and was always stuck wide and it was a competitive maiden. However, we felt that he was clearly not performing as he should and decided to have him gelded, in the hope he will start concentrating on the job in hand. He returns to the track at Bath on Wednesday evening and we have lowered our sights by dropping him into a Class 6 Maiden Auction Stakes and it doesn't look the most competitive of events on paper. The other two-year-olds have caught him up at home but he should still be capable of going close in an ordinary race.
Dance has performed creditably in her bumpers, finishing placed on her last three starts. She makes her flat debut at Salisbury in a strong looking fillies maiden. The drop back to ten furlongs should suit but she would need to improve plenty on her bumper form to get involved. However, she should make a nice handicap prospect in time.
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