David O'Meara Stable Tour

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Winner of 16 of his 122 starts and currently rated 77. Finished runner-up, beaten a length and three quarters, to Alfa Whiteburd at Pontefract (6f) this month off his current mark.

Trainer says

He has won one again this year already and finished second in three of his last four starts. Look, he’s not getting any younger but he’s still continuing to operate at a good level. He continues to enjoy his racing and no doubt he’ll poke his head in front again soon.

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Winner of one of his 10 starts and currently rated 89. Probably best effort this season when runner-up, beaten a length and three quarters to Square Neck at Ayr (1m 5f) in June off a mark of 88.

Trainer says

He is an older horse that ran really well at Ayr in June on slow ground. He could be a horse for the Old Borough Cup or something like that.

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Winner of four of her 11 starts and currently rated 101. Has improved this season and took a step up in class in her stride when beating Club Class a length in a Listed Fillies at Newmarket (1m 4f) in July.

Trainer says

She is a homebred of Elwick Stud by Alamanzor and she’s done nothing but improve this year. She did well to win the Listed Aphrodite Stakes at Newmarket and she could go back there on September 25 for the Group 3 Princess Royal over a mile and a half.

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Winner of seven of his 32 starts and currently rated 105. Best most recent effort when runner-up, beaten a length and a quarter to Archivist at Goodwood (1m) in July off his current mark.

Trainer says

He is having a great season without wining and was a very good second at Goodwood in the Golden Mile and then blew the start at Ascot at the Shergar Cup meeting. He reared up and it’s not the first time he’s done it but that was a bit of non-event after that. He was second in the Hambleton Handicap at York in May when beaten a neck and then probably ended up on the wrong side and made up a lot of ground and ran really well in the Hunt Cup. He also ran well in a Listed at Pontefract. He is in the Sir Kevin Sinfield 7 in 7 Grand Finale Handicap at York on Thursday.

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Winner of five of his 25 starts and currently rated 94. Has run well in his last three starts, winning at Ripon (6f) in June when beating Dark Thirty two lengths off a mark of 88, third, beaten five and a half lengths, to Badri at Pontefract (6f) in July off 94 and then finishing runner-up, beaten a length and three quarters, to Lord Roxy again at Ripon (6f) this month off the same mark. Below par effort in the Great St Wilfred Handicap at Ripon (6f) om Saturday when sixth, beaten five lengths, to Royal Zabeel.

Trainer says

I really fancied him for the Great St Wilfred and I thought he would win but he anticipated the start and hit the gated and ended up missing the break. The race was over for him after 50 yards as when he has won, he made all or had been prominent. It was a bit of a disaster and I might run him in the six-furlong race on Saturday. He’s never actually been that good at York before and his best form is away from there but there is good prize money on offer and Dark Cloud Rising seem in great form so I think we’ll give it a go.

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Winner of five of his 30 starts and rated 109. Ran one of his best races this season in the Group 2 Yorkshire Cup at York (1m 6f) in May when finishing third, beaten two and a half lengths, to Rahiebb.

Trainer says

Epic Poet has been a wonderful old horse for us. I may have run him a little bit too quick back-to-back early on in the season but I thought he should have won the Henry II at Sandown. He got traffic problems that day but finished off really strongly when he did get out. I probably backed him up a bit quick in the Ebor Grand Cup but he has been a grand horse and won a lot of prize money around the world. He may well go for the Ebor at York on Saturday. He’s hardly thrown in off 109 and it’s not going to be easy at all. He had a little float around Ripon on Sunday morning and Danny rode him and said he felt really good.

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Winner of six of her nine starts and currently rated 116. Has won both of her starts this season scoring by a length and a half from Waardah in a Group 3 Fillies’ Stakes at Carlisle (1m 3f) in May and then putting up a career best performance when beating One Look a length and a half in the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh (1m 2f) in June.

Trainer says

Estrange has been an amazing filly and, obviously, has won both her starts this year. She went to Carlisle and won the Group 3 Lester Piggott Stakes and then went to Ireland and won the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes. She was brilliant over there when beating One Look and she’s had a bit of a freshen up and we’re very much aiming for targets at the end of the season with her. She will go for the Prix Vermeille and she in the Prix de L’Opera and the Arc. We’ve also go the Fillies & Mares at Ascot on Champions Day and, potentially, the Breeders’ Cup. She is in rude health and we are very happy how she is doing. She had no problem coming back to ten furlongs on fast ground on the Curragh the last day and she’s a wonderfully talented filly and very versatile as well.

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Winner of two of his 20 starts and currently rated 65. Winning for the second at Carlisle (1m) this Summer when beating Izzari a length last Tuesday.

Trainer says

Hostility was a frustrating little horse to begin with. He used to finish second and third a lot without winning but he seems to have got his act together recently. He’ll run again this coming week at Carlisle. Hopefully, the ground won’t be soft because he tends to like a sound surface.

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Winner of seven of his 32 starts and currently rated 92. Gained his last win in the Thirsk Hunt Cup at Thirsk (1m) in May when scoring by half a length from Blue Rc off a mark of 93.

Trainer says

He’s a wonderful horse and he won the Thirsk Hunt Cup this year. He got trapped wide on his last visit to Thirsk for the Summer Cup, so it didn’t see him to the best effect. He likes York and is in the Sir Kevin Sinfield 7 in 7 Grand Finale Handicap on Thursday. He ran well in the race two years ago and he’s in good form so goes there with a bit of a chance.

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Winner of three of his 17 starts and currently 79. Returned to winning form at Ayr (1m 2f) last week when beating Star Cast two and three quarter lengths.

Trainer says

Obito won really well at Ayr recently and he’s a taken a little bit of time to win this year. He can be quite keen in a race and sometimes doesn’t do himself any favours but he settled lovely at Ayr and, hopefully, I can place him to win again before too long.

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Winner of four of his 19 starts and currently rated 98. Returned to winning form at Haydock (7f) this month when scoring by three and three quarter lengths from Crimson Spirit off a mark of 94.

Trainer says

He came good and won at Haydock last time. He’d been knocking on the door and ran a really good race at York two runs ago and then he got drawn wide and caught wide at the Goodwood Festival. He may actually go back to Goodwood for a £100,000 Handicap or we could, potentially, drop him back to six furlongs at York on Saturday. He’s one that really I’m not sure what his best trip is yet. He won over seven and we have campaigned him most over that but he does have a little bit of form over six furlongs for his previous trainer.

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Winner of nine of his 72 starts and currently rated 61. Completed a hattrick when beating Jenson Benson a neck at Hamilton (1m 1f) at the start of the month off a mark of 55. Ran well at Leicester (1m 2f) eight days later under a penalty when runner-up, beaten two and a quarter lengths, to Ricardo Philips.

Trainer says

Pisanello has been a bit of a revelation of late. I nearly retired him, he’s nine, and he had been operating nowhere near the sort of level he used too. I thought he had fallen completely out of love with the game and then he popped up a few runs ago and won three on the bounce and been second. He looks like he might win again and we’ll keep him going and retirement possibly beckons in the Autumn.

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Winner of one of his 17 starts and currently rated 85. Has been placed in five of his seven starts this season and finished third, beaten a length and a half, to Strength Of Spirit at Hamilton (1m 1f) last Tuesday.

Trainer says

He’s not done a lot wrong this year apart from the fact that he hasn’t won. He’s been highly tried and run really well in good handicaps - most recently at Hamilton. He was second in the “Cock O The North” at Ripon beaten a head and second in the Zetland Gold Cup at Redcar. I’m not sure whether he needs to be delivered very late in the race or wants a little bit softer ground but I think he is a very talented horse. We just need the last piece of the jigsaw put together for him to win a big race.

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Winner of five of his 35 starts and currently rated 97. Finished eighth of 13, beaten 10 lengths, to Hopewell Rock at Goodwood (1m 6f) off a mark of 99.

Trainer says

He’s a grand horse and he had a nice run at the beginning of the season at Ripon when just behind Prydwen. I would have thought he would run in the Ebor too and, ideally, he loves a bit of ease. He handles good ground absolutely fine and when it’s proper good to firm he probably doesn’t quite let himself down.

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Winner of five of his 31 starts and currently rated 90. Returned to winning form with a three quarter length success from Military Leader at Ayr (1m) this month off a mark of 87.

Trainer says

It was nice to see him get his head back in front at Ayr the other day. He’s a horse that’s reliant on a bit of ease in the ground and these sort of horses have struggled a bit the last two Summers. He got his favoured ground the other day and won nicely at Ayr and he may well go back there for the Western meeting or somewhere in between if the ground is suitable.

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Winner of four of her 20 starts and currently rated 82. Returned to winning form on her latest start at Musselburgh (5f) this month when getting home by a neck from Woohoo off a mark of 79.

Trainer says

Tiva is back down to her last winning mark and won at Musselburgh recently. There is a race for her at Newmarket this weekend and she will probably go there. She’s in good form and I think she could go in again.

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Winner of three of his 27 starts and currently rated 96. Ran well in two outings at Glorious Goodwood - finished fourth, beaten a length and a half - to Twilight Calls over five furlongs on Tuesday and then fifth, beaten a length and a quarter, to Evening Saigon in the Stewards’ Cup over six furlongs on the Saturday off his current mark.

Trainer says

He’s been a brilliant horse for us this year and I thought he was a shade unlucky in the Stewards’ Cup. He got caught behind Get It and another horse on the near side and had to wait for a run and, when he did, he really came home strong. I think he’s a very fast horse and he actually broke the track record at Doncaster earlier on in the season that had previously been held by Khaadem for a few years. He will go for the five and a half furlong handicap at York on Wednesday and we’re hoping for a good run from him.

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Winner of five of his 25 starts and currently rated 94. Gained his last win at Goodwood (6f) in June when beating Sudden Flight a neck of a mark of 92.

Trainer says

He won at Goodwood in June and he does go with a bit of ease in the ground. He may well run at York this week. He is in the five and a half furlong race on the first day and he’ll also be in the six-furlong race on the last day. He’d run one of those or maybe both - we’re not certain yet.

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Winner of three of his 11 starts and currently rated 68. Scoring for the third time this year when beating Tazaman a length and a half at Nottingham (1m 6f) in May off a mark of 64. Well beaten last of five to Port George at Thirsk (1m 6f) in July off his current mark.

Trainer says

Tupero has had a good season up to date and has won three. He likes staying races on good galloping tracks with decent ground. He’s got the pedigree to get better with age and with time and, hopefully, he’ll be back out again soon There’s another win or two in him before the season is out.

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Winner of two of 12 starts and currently rated 89. Finished fourth, two and a quarter lengths, to The Good Biscuit at Pontefract (6f) on Sunday.

Trainer says

He wasn’t disgraced at Pontefract on Sunday and he previously ran well at York. I think he’s a talented sprinter and he could well end up running well in something like the Ayr Gold Cup if he get into it.

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Winner of six of his 29 starts and currently rated 88. Creditable effort when 10th, beaten only two and three quarter lengths, to Twilight Calls at Goodwood (5f) in July off a mark of 89. Had previously scored by half a length from Spring Is Sprung at York (5f) in July off a mark of 86. Finished 10th, beaten eight and a half lengths, to Rhythm N Hooves at Newbury (5f) on Saturday.

Trainer says

He really wants top of the ground and William (Buick) thought it has been fairly well watered at Newbury on Saturday. That didn’t suit him but he’s a good sprinter and he’s very consistent. When he wins, he can win quite well but he’s not the biggest so he struggles to carry weight. When he drops into 0-85 and 0-90’s he can be very good.

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Winner of three of his 13 starts and currently rated 85. Progressing nicely and scored for the third time this year when beating Blue Noon three lengths at Newmarket (1m 2f) this month off a mark of 75.

Trainer says

He’s had a good season and he’s won three this year. He won over seven furlongs at Redcar at the start of the year in a novice and he’s a been a revelation since we stepped him up in trip and has won his last two. He likes to be given a little bit of a chance in his races and seems to sort of like a mile and a quarter. He goes on most ground and, hopefully, has another bit of progress in him which I think he has.

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Winner of one of his five starts and currently rated 92. Finished fourth, beaten two and a half lengths, to Naana’s Shadow at Goodwood (5f) in July off a mark of 93.

Trainer says

He’s a very fast horse and he won his maiden and in very good style and hasn’t done a lot wrong recently. He ran well at Goodwood and he goes to York on Wednesday for the five-furlong handicap for three-year-olds.

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Winner of one of his three starts. Off the mark with a three-length win in a maiden from Al Fujairah at Hamilton (1m½f) last Tuesday.

Trainer says

He won very nicely at Hamilton on his most recent start and he’s learned with every outing. He’s a homebred of Ellwick Stud’s and a horse that I’m sure has plenty of progression in him.

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Winner of two of his seven starts and currently rated 89. Progressing nicely this season and scoring for the second time when beating Who’s Lope half a length at York (1m 6f) in June off a mark of 84. Subsequently runner-up, beaten a length and three quarters, to Probation at Sandown (1m 6f) in July off his current mark.

Trainer says

He’s a lovely staying horse who has done nothing wrong this year. He won at Hamilton early on in the season and then at York at the end of June. I thought he was unlucky to have got beaten in between at Doncaster and, again, when second at Sandown since. He’s a horse that can only get better and even better again with a little bit of ease in the ground. He will run in the Melrose at York.

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Has been placed in six of his eight starts and currently rated 72. Finished runner-up, beaten a neck, to Lc Tiffen at Haydock (1m 2f) this month off his current mark.

Trainer says

He’s a horse that probably should have won one of his last two races - definitely the last one. He’s still quite light and a little bit weak and has plenty of maturing to do but he’s getting there. He likes top of the ground and may well stay a mile and a half.

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Winner of one of his seven starts and currently rated 74. Off the mark at Carlisle (1m 1f) in June when scoring by a length and a half from Ephron off a mark of 69. Finished sixth of 13, beaten five lengths, to Pol Roger on his latest start at Ayr (1m 2f) this month off his current mark.

Trainer says

He won very well at Carlisle on soft ground and I think that is the key to him. The race that he won worked out very well and I think he will stay a mile and a half. He’s just an out and out galloper and I could see him progressing.

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Placed in one of her two starts. Finished third, beaten two and a half lengths, to Next Of Kin at Ayr (6f) last week.

Trainer says

She pulled a little bit hard on her debut at Doncaster and disappointed me really as I thought she was a very nice filly. Again, at Ayr, she didn’t settle the best early on but once she did and Danny got her in behind she dropped her head. I thought she ran a lovely race and, if she learns to settle better, I think she’s a very smart filly indeed.

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Placed in one of his two starts. Finished third, beaten four and a half lengths, to Kodiac City at Southwell (1m) this month.

Trainer says

He was very raw on his debut and ran a much better race recently at Southwell. He’s a horse that will stay ten furlongs and he has got a bright future.

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Better effort when fourth, beaten three and a half lengths, to Silver Sovereign at Haydock (7f) this month.

Trainer says

She’s a Cheveley Park filly who has done nothing wrong in her two starts to date. First time out she struggled with traffic problems at Catterick but she ran a very nice race at Haydock recently. I think she is open to improvement and should be good enough to win her movie and then we’ll see.

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Winner of one of her five starts and currently rated 83. Made a winning debut at Beverley (5f) in April when scoring by four lengths. Best subsequent effort when third, beaten three quarters of a length, to Where Loves Lives in a Listed race at Sandown (5f) in May.

Trainer says

She was very impressive when winning on her debut and then when finishing third in National Stakes but ran a bit free at York and, again, overdid it in the Queen Mary. I sure she’ll bounce back and there’s every chance she’s going to make a very nice sprinting three-year-old.

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Finished fourth, beaten four and three quarter lengths, to Empire Rising on his debut at Beverley (7 1/2f) on Wednesday.

Trainer says

He ran a nice race on his debut at Beverley recently and we were delighted as his home work had only been ordinary. He showed a lot more on the track than he has at home and Danny really liked him. He’ll be a horse that will stay a mile or even ten furlongs maybe in time.