There were five two year old trials held at Ascot today.

In heat one the winner was Allume. The filly is another of the Chanteclair stock who have done so well in the juvenile races this season. She is out of Madame Geisha making her a half sister to the handy galloper Miller's Fancy. Winning margin was a short neck over Is It Love with 2 lengths back to Air Pocket, who was sent back to trials after bungling the start last Saturday when favourite. Time for the 400m was 23.5 seconds.

The Stan Bates trained Tissot won heat two. The filly is by Laranto out of Khaddad and is a sister to the Listed stakes winner Supranto. Margins a 1/2 length by a 1/2 length with Sonic Cruiser second and Beau Asassin third. Time was 23.75 seconds.

The Joe Byrne trained Rave was the winner of the third heat. She is a half sister to Czariffic and is closely related to Larwood's Gift, two horses Byrne has had success with. The winning margin was an impressive 4 3/4 lengths with Moonfire second and 1 1/4 lengths back to Universal Secret third. The time for the 1000m was a slick 59.75 seconds but that was not the fastest ime of the day.

The fastest time of the day for a 1000m trial in any age group was recorded by the winner of heat four, Forever Friends. The Royal Abjar filly is trained by Ted Martinovich and is out of Carry A Smile mare Caresse. She clocked 59.5 seconds to beat Explosive Power by a neck with 1 3/4 lengths back to A Lot Of Hooley third. The winner was placed first up back in November behind Spin On In and has ability. The runner up also looks to have ability and could be one to follow on debut.

The final two year old heat was won by the Carol Albuino trained Our Whisper. By Saltgrass (USA) the gelding (yes the only one in five juvenile heats) improved sharply on his last outing when a distant fifth behind Cristobal in a 1000m trial on February 17. Margins a 1/2 length by a 1/2 length with Sharhalo runner up and Southern Raider third. Time was 61 seconds flat.


Info from the WATURF Club.


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[ This Message was edited by: Sandgroper on 2003-03-04 18:15 ]