Two Fourths On A Big Day

Neither Icebuster nor Shahdaroba were disgraced when finishing fourth in two competitive handicaps at Newmarket on 2000 Guineas day. Icebuster found nine furlongs too sharp and got going all too late but showed he can be competitive of his new mark of 86. He will have a short break as he has been very busy. The seven pound rise Shahdaroba got for his success at the Craven meeting slightly anchored him but he was never far away and was hampered in the final furlong so could have finished closer. He will go back to Newmarket on the 18th May for a £45,000 sprint and he shouldn't be far away once again, especially if there is some ease in the ground.