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Our two year olds Jung and Hanta Yo are set to make their racecourse debuts in quick succession this week. The young colts both hold entries in the Median Auction Maidens at Lingfield on Friday and Wolverhampton on Saturday over five and six furlongs respectively. It is most likely that Hanta Yo (pictured on the left with the white face) will head to Lingfield over the shorter trip. The son of Alhaarth, out of an Indian Ridge mare, has taken a while to mature but has come on significantly following a couple of racecourse gallops at Kempton and we expect that improvement to continue when he has his first run under his belt. He is named after one of my favourite books that is sadly out of print. Hanta Yo means 'clear the way' in Lakotah and the book tells the story of the Lakotah Indians. The book took the author Ruth Beebe Hill 20 years to write and if you ever come across a copy I highly recommend it.
Last week we had several runners. Yvonne Evelyn ran well in her debut at Lingfield and will come on a lot for the experience. She has options over seven furlongs and a mile for her follow up run. Street Power (pictured) took part in the hotly contested maiden (there was a staggering $15M+ worth of horses in the field) at Great Leighs on Thursday night and in doing so qualified for his handicap mark. His performance was picked by the Racing Post "Street Power caught the eye staying on up the home straight. He is a big sort and may still need time." He'll be back out soon, possibly stepping back to 7 furlongs due to the fact he over raced slightly early.
Owner and Breeder John Hawkins has been a long-standing supporter of the yard and this week we have two horses that he bred heading to the course. Today his three year old filly Yvonne Evelyn makes her racecourse debut at Lingfield in the maiden over seven furlongs at 2.50.
Yanza put in another good performance yesterday at Bath, coming 3rd in the five furlong maiden. She started off as favourite and ran a good race, despite not really being suited by the soft ground. Jeremy had picked out the winner before the race as being a horse to look out for and we were beaten for 2nd by just a head. The Racing Post commented after the race:
