James Tate Stable Tour

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Winner of four of his eight starts and currently rated 99. Made a winning reappearance in a 1m handicap at Southwell on New Year’s Day when scoring by a length and three-quarters over Two Tempting off a mark of 94.

Trainer says

He has been a progressive horse, and he has progressed physically and mentally with age and with every start. He put in a career best last time out at Southwell and then we put him away for All-Weather Finals Day. We go straight for the Mile All-Weather Final at Newcastle on April 3rd, and after that we are looking forward to running him on the turf, as I think he is just as good, if not even better, on grass.

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Winner of three of his nine starts and currently rated 97. Joined the stable last summer and gained his first success for the yard in a 6f handicap at Yarmouth in September when scoring by three lengths over First Folio off a mark of 92.

Trainer says

He was a new recruit to us mid-season, and after a run we gelded him and put cheekpieces on him and he bounced back to form when winning at Yarmouth. He had a little niggle after that, so we tried him once on the all-weather and he didn’t run badly, but he doesn’t strike me as an all-weather horse - he likes the turf. There are races for him at Doncaster and after that, and we haven’t quite decided where he will run, but he is a good 97-rated sprinter who showed that he handles easy ground when winning at Yarmouth. I think a nice, stiff six furlongs is what suits him.

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Winner of four of his 12 starts and currently rated 95. Gained his last win in a 1m 2f handicap at Sandown in July when scoring by a neck over Sir Busker off his current mark.

Trainer says

He is a good old favourite, and we have got him back up this year and he appears better than ever. He will be reading the Sandown card really, and it will be whenever he can go there. Ideally, he loves ten furlongs around Sandown and as much trouble in-running as possible. If you met the horse, you would understand why as he is like an overgrown Jack Russell.

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Winner of two of his nine starts and currently rated 102. Made a winning reappearance last season when beating Anglophile by four and a quarter lengths in a 1m 2f handicap at Nottingham last April off a mark of 76 before being campaigned in Listed and Group 3 company in four subsequent outings.

Trainer says

Great David improved dramatically from his starting rating of 76 and is now rated 102. He wasn’t right when he ran at Windsor and has been given the winter off. He is flying along, and I would expect him to be out in the second half of April on the turf. He may start at Epsom.

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Winner of two of his 11 starts and currently rated 88. Finished third, beaten a length and a half, behind El Bodon on his reappearance at Kempton (6f) in February off his current mark before finishing only seventh of nine, beaten five lengths, behind Knebworth in a 6f handicap at Wolverhampton earlier this month.

Trainer says

He has had two runs since being gelded and ran well at Kempton, but he was slightly disappointing at Wolverhampton on Saturday. He is a bit quirky, and his form is a bit in-and-out, so we might try him over seven furlongs next time.

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Winner of three of his six starts and currently rated 101. Finished runner-up, beaten three quarters of a length, to Lieber Power when last seen in action in a 1m 5½f handicap at Newbury last September off a mark of 98.

Trainer says

He came back from a long lay-off to win his first start at Thirsk. He ran a couple of good races in the Ebor at York and at Newbury afterwards. Hopefully, with that season under his belt, he can progress onwards and upwards. He will probably be seen out at the end of April/May time, and we will start him off over a mile and a half as we are still not certain if his best trip is a mile and a half or a mile-six.

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Winner of seven of his 27 starts and currently rated 104. Gained his last success in a 7f handicap at Kempton in March of last year when beating Local Hero by a head off a mark of 106.

Trainer says

Mount Athos is running on Wednesday 18th March. He ran two cracking races in two French Listed events at the end of last year and then probably bounced a little at Kempton in January. We have freshened him up and he is working well, and he is going to try and defend his crown at Kempton in a seven-furlong class two, which he has won the last three years in a row.

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Winner of two of his four starts and currently rated 87. Off the mark in a 5f maiden at Newcastle in October and followed that up with a two-length victory over Leading Times in a 5f novice at Wolverhampton in November. Subsequently finished third, beaten a length and a half, behind Vantheman in a 5f handicap at Newcastle in January off his current mark.

Trainer says

He has always been a horse we have thought quite a bit of, but he has always had little issues. He won two novices, proving what we thought of him, but he just ran okay on his handicap debut when finishing third. Whether he was just short of experience or whether he needs another furlong is up for debate, and we are probably going to try him over six furlongs next time. He will be ready in April, and we haven’t decided whether it will be all-weather or turf - we will just see what is available at the time.

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Winner of both of her two starts to date, beating Rock Iguana by two and a quarter lengths in a 6f novice at Kempton in September and following up with a two-and-a-half-length victory over Spitzbergen in a similar event later that month.

Trainer says

Rose Of Honour is one of our big hopes for the year - we picked her up second hand at the February Sale last year. We got her right and she bolted up in two novices, and we think she is pretty smart. At present, she is getting ready for the Lansdowne Listed event at Bath on Easter Sunday.

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Winner of two of his seven starts and currently rated 90. Ended last season with a length-and-a-half win over Count Paladine in a 7f handicap at Leicester in October off a mark of 85.

Trainer says

He is another who has improved with every start so far. I would expect his four-year-old career to be his peak, and he was at his best when winning over seven furlongs at Leicester last autumn - ground on the easy side is his favourite. I would expect races like the Victoria Cup would be on his agenda this year. Whether he went straight there or whether, for example, he went to the Craven meeting at Newmarket or a race at Haydock a week or so later, we haven’t quite worked it out yet, but they are the sort of things we are thinking about.

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Winner of her only start at Southwell (1m) on New Year’s Day when scoring by a length over Areti.

Trainer says

Bint Kilfrush is the most expensive horse we have ever been sent, so I was delighted when she got her head in front first time out at Southwell on New Year’s Day, despite being green and needing further. We have given her a break and are preparing her for the turf. I am really looking forward to seeing what she can do, and we will probably start off at Yarmouth in a mile-and-a-quarter fillies’ novice on April 11th.

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Winner of two of her five starts and currently rated 86. Made a winning debut at Ripon (6f) last July, when beating Just A Girl by a length and a half, and added to that success when scoring by a length and a half over Siouxpersonic in a 5f fillies’ novice at Thirsk in August.

Trainer says

She is a very sharp filly, and you could say that she has had a few starts and is exposed, but on the other hand she is out of a Frankel mare and appears to have improved physically through the winter. We will probably start her off on the all-weather in March - there are a couple of races at Wolverhampton. We will see if she can squeeze into a class four off top-weight, and then after that we will take it as it comes. She has run in a couple of Listed races before, and maybe she will do so again.

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Winner of both of her two starts to date and currently rated 83. Scored by a neck over Art Gallery in a 7f maiden at Wolverhampton in November and followed up with a length-and-three-quarter victory over Reem Rak in a 7f fillies’ novice at Newcastle later that same month.

Trainer says

Darn Hot Gallop is a small, well-bred filly who has comfortably won both starts so far. She will start off in an ordinary handicap this year, as she only has a mark of 83, and there is a handicap at Wolverhampton on March 23rd which she may go for. If she was to make it three out of three, then we would probably throw her into a black-type race.

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Winner of one of his four starts and currently rated 91. Made a winning debut at Beverley (7½f) in August when scoring by six lengths over Conjecture and added to that success when getting home by a neck over Allegresse in a 1m novice at Kempton in September.

Trainer says

He bolted up on his debut at Beverley and then was a little in and out. He found it too soft at Sandown, ran well at Kempton, and then boiled over at York. We gelded him over the winter, and he now looks more relaxed, so we are hoping we can kick on as a three-year-old. We might start him off in the mile conditions race at Kempton on March 28th and go from there.

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Finished sixth, beaten five and a quarter lengths, behind Yazin in a 7f novice at Newmarket last October.

Trainer says

He is a horse we like a lot, but he was a very babyish horse last year. We just literally had him ready for a run at Newmarket in October, and he ran really well. We put him away for the year, but he is now working really well, and I would expect to hear good things from him this year.

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Winner of two of her three starts and currently rated 90. Off the mark at the second attempt when beating Zen Diva by two and three-quarter lengths in a 6f fillies’ novice at Chelmsford in September and followed that up with a two-and-a-quarter-length victory over Whiskey Kisses over the same course and distance the following month.

Trainer says

She was fifth at Ripon and then bolted up twice at Chelmsford. She is working nicely, and we are probably going to go for two races back at Chelmsford. There is a conditions race there on Good Friday and then there is a Listed event a month later - both over six furlongs.

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Finished third, beaten two lengths, behind Hayynah in a 5f novice at Southwell in February.

Trainer says

Mehmas Engine worked well prior to her debut at Southwell, but she was a bit green and possibly in need of a sixth furlong when finishing third. She also came back with a bruised heel, and so we are hoping she will leave that run behind next time.

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Winner of one of his five starts and currently rated 81. Off the mark in 1m nursery at Newcastle last October when scoring by two lengths over Likeness off a mark of 77.

Trainer says

He is a very tall, rangy gelding out of a Nathaniel mare, and he just strikes as the type who is going to improve markedly from two to three. He won over a mile on his final start last year and was then put away, but he is working nicely at the moment.

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Made a winning debut in a 5f maiden at Nottingham last October when beating Atticum by half a length.

Trainer says

She was quite a small filly last year, but she has really grown through the winter. She won her only start at Nottingham, and we have high hopes for her this year.

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Unraced

Trainer says

She was 95,000 guineas purchase from book two, and she is showing up very nicely. I usually get this type of filly ready for a race at the Craven meeting - there is a fillies’ maiden there.

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Unraced

Trainer says

This filly is owned by a new owner in Valmont, and it is nice to have them in the yard. She cost 135,000 guineas and is bred to be out early, so hopefully she could be out at a similar time to Beauty Box.

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Unraced

Trainer says

He is owned by Jaber Abdullah and arrived last week. He is a beautiful, big horse, and he looks quite special. He cost a lot of money, and you can see why - not just on his looks but also on his pedigree. He is a half-brother to four black-type horses and full brother to a horse rated over 100. He obviously has only just come to us, but we are excited. I would have thought he will be out in mid-summer over seven.

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Unraced

Trainer says

He is owned by Alan Dale, and we purchased him for about 95,000 guineas. He is a good-looking colt who goes really well, so we are excited. Possibly not one for five furlongs, so we will probably wait for six-furlong races, but he is going pretty well.

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Unraced

Trainer says

He is another owned by Jaber Abdullah, and this one is a half-sister to Spain Burg, who won the Rockfel, and the highly-promising Raymondo. She hasn’t been with us for too long, but she is showing up nicely and we are excited.