Dovils Unlucky In Third?

Dovils Duel was by far our best two-year-old in March and we were confident of a big run on his debut in the Brocklesby at Doncaster and while fifth of twelve wasn't a disaster, he showed signs of temperament. He didn't progress when beaten at Kempton next time and was quickly gelded. Although this didn't see an instant change on the track, his behaviour at home has been much improved in recent weeks and first-time cheekpieces seemed to inspire an improved effort when flying at the finish to take third at Lingfield on Saturday evening. Drawn in stall one, well away from the favoured stands rail, he was dropped in and had plenty of ground to make up with two furlongs to run. He wasn't helped by having to be switched for his run inside the final furlong but he stayed on impressively and in another fifty yards he would have been in front. Hopefully he improves from this better run as off a mark of 60, he could well progress up the nursery ranks.

We had a big outsider in the Super Sprint as Urban Dreamer was sent off at 100/1 and we weren't that hopeful as he had been disappointing on his most recent starts. However, he travelled extremely well in one of the fastest five furlong races run for two-year-olds and was staying on for minor prize money when hampered inside the final furlong, extremely frustrating for his owners. However, twelfth of twenty four was a pretty good effort and hopefully we can find a suitable race for him before long.