Karl Burke Stable Tour

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Winner of one of his 12 starts and currently rated 102. Best effort last term when runner-up, beaten two and a half lengths, to Zabeel Prince in the Listed Doncaster Mile at Doncaster (1m) in March.

Trainer says

He hurts himself after running at York and he hasn’t run since then. He is back in training now after a long break and he wouldn’t be ready to run until May time at least but he is a nice horse. If he stays right he will be winning nice handicaps and he will be aimed at all the top handicaps at around a mile and a quarter. He is a big heavy horse and he wouldn’t want it too firm. I would say a mile one furlong would be his optimum trip but he would get a mile two and he’s not a slow horse either.

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Winner of three of her 8 starts and currently rated 80. Completed a hat trick with a three and a half length success from Nuns Walk at Carlisle (6f) in July off a mark of 72.

Trainer says

She won three on the bounce and we were probably running her a bit quick and were a bit greedy when going for the four timer at Newmarket in July. We gave her time off and she wants quick ground and has only just come back to us. She has done very well from three to four and she was quite an expensive Breeze Up filly and disappointed us at two but it took a long time to work out how to train her and what she was about. She is a filly who can win again in handicaps and she might have a squeak of getting some black type later in the year. She is very keen and forward going but she might stay seven furlongs now she has got a lot stronger.

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Winner of five of his 15 starts and currently rated 97. Finished second, beaten a length and three quarters, to Mootasadir in a handicap at Wolverhampton (1m 4f) on his reappearance this month off a mark of 96.

Trainer says

He is a cracking horse who goes for the Rosebery at Kempton on Saturday and has an entry in a very valuable mile and a half race at Musselburgh. If he continues to improve the Ebor at York would be a target and he is a horse who would be well capable of running very well in a race like that.

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Winner of seven of her 11 starts and currently rated 117. Runner-up, beaten a length and three quarters to Billesdon Brook  in the Group 1 Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket (1m) on her reappearance last May and went onto land four Group 1 successes. Landed the Prix Saint-Alary at Longchamp (1m 2f) by short head from With You later that month, the Prix de Diane at Chantilly (1m 2 1/2f) in June by a neck from Musis Amica, the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown (1m) in September by three quarters of a length from Alpha Centauri and the Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket (1m) in October by a head from Happily.

Trainer says

She has Wintered brilliantly and put on 30kg through the winter and really filled her frame. She looks a lot stronger and obviously she will lose a lot of that as she gets fitter but I would say she will strip a good 10kg heavier for her racing weight than last year. She will be aimed at the Lockinge on May 18 and if any reason we don’t make that target there is a mile one furlong (Prix D’Ispahan) in France eight day’s later. After that we would go for the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 18.

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Winner of three of his 7 starts and currently rated 95. Ended last season with a length success from Cold Stare in a handicap at Doncaster (7f) in November off a mark of 90.

Trainer says

I was hoping he would go for the Lincoln but he’s not going to make that. He will now go for a conditions race at Thirsk in the middle of April and then, hopefully, something like the Victoria Cup if it come up on the slow side of good. He is a Mayson and he needs soft ground to be seen at his best. He definitely stayed the seven furlongs very well when winning very impressively on his final run at Doncaster. Not many Mayson’s get a mile but the way he races I think he will but something like the Victoria Cup over a stiff seven furlongs would be ideal.

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Winner of two of his 8 starts and currently rated 98. Best effort last term on his reappearance in a conditions event at Thirsk (7f) in August when beaten a neck by Mankib.

Trainer says

He goes for the Lincoln and he would want soft or heavy ground to be at his best. As long as it on the soft side of good he will take his chance and he has been ok in his build up. His attitude wasn’t great in his last couple of runs last season and he has been gelded through the Winter. I would be hopeful but not confident but there will be nice race for him somewhere down the line.

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Winner of one of his 4 starts and currently rated 77. Off the mark in a novice event at Southwell (7f) in December when beating Fox Kasper a length and a quarter.

Trainer says

He is a nice horse owned by Sean Woods who won his novice at Southwell really well. We couldn’t find another race for him so we gelded him and he’s back now. I would have loved to gone back to Southwell with him but he will be fit and ready to start in April and I expect him to win again. He definitely stays a mile well and whether he gets any further than that I’m not sure. He is quite a forward going horse and a mile might be his limit.

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Finished fifth, beaten nine and a half lengths, to Sunday Star in a maiden at Newmarket (7f) in September.

Trainer says

She is a very nice Shamardal filly of Hubert Streckers and she only had one run last year in a Newmarket maiden. She ran creditably and finished fifth and has strengthened a lot through the Winter. I don’t see her as a filly who is going to run every week but she has a chance of being a black type filly.

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Winner of one of her 3 starts and currently rated 74. Off the mark at the third attempt when beating Coastline three quarters of a length in a novice event at Wolverhampton (6f) in October.

Trainer says

A nice filly that won at Wolverhampton and has just come back. She is fairly fit and I would expect her to be handicapped to win.

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No wins from 5 starts and currently rated 80. Came closest to victory when runner-up, beaten three quarters of a length, to Aldana in a novice event at Chelmsford (6f) in October.

Trainer says

She was a little bit disappointing last season to be honest and she should have won races. She was a little bit weak and fell apart on us but she has done well through the Winter. She is not an over big filly but she has strengthened well and she is certainly, on the good pieces of work she did last year, capable of winning a maiden. She would be a six furlong/seven furlong filly.

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Winner of two of her 6 starts and currently rated 86. Landed a novice event at Nottingham (1m 1/2f) last August by three lengths from Sweet Pearl and followed up in a similar event at Thirsk (1m) later that month.

Trainer says

She is a lovely Cheveley Park filly who won twice for us last year and ran well afterwards. We are very happy with her and she has Wintered well. She will start off in handicaps but we would be aiming to pinch a bit of black type with her somewhere. She should be capable of doing that.

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No wins from 4 starts and currently rated 75. Came closest to victory when runner-up, beaten a neck to New Winds in a novice event at Haydock (6f) in June on her debut.

Trainer says

She has come back from a Winter with her owners in Ireland. She is a filly that maybe should have won her maiden last year but she’s handicapped to win and she should be competitive in little sprinting handicaps.

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No wins from 3 starts and currently rated 75. Finished runner-up, beaten a length and a quarter, to Lille in a maiden at Southwell (5f) this month.

Trainer says

He is a horse I like a lot and he works like a very good horse at home. I thought he would go to Southwell this month and win but he probably got beaten by quite a decent filly of Kevin Ryan’s first time up. He goes to Newcastle on Good Friday for a novice and I would expect him to go very close.

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No wins from 4 starts and currently rated 80. Runner-up, beaten a nose, to Sophosc in a nursery at Lingfield (1m) in October off a mark of 78.

Trainer says

He is a horse we have just been sent from King Power Racing from Ralph Beckett’s. He is a Camelot and stoutly bred and I think Ralph’s just a bit unlucky as he is more of a three-year-old and going to improve massively for stepping up in trip. He will have an entry in the maiden at Doncaster but he will probably end up going to Leicester the following Friday for a mile and a half novice.

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Finished fourth, beaten two and a quarter lengths, to Coastline in a novice event on her debut at Newcastle (7f) last Friday night.

Trainer says

She delighted us with her first run at Newcastle last Friday when she finished fourth in what looked a decent contest. She will be one that will, hopefully, be winning a novice somewhere quite shortly.

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No wins from 3 starts and currently rated 65. Finished sixth, beaten seven and three quarter lengths, to Daarik in a novice event at Newcastle (6f) on his final start in November.

Trainer says

He is a handicapper and nothing more than a handicapper but he was very weak last year and he has strengthened up considerably. He should be competitive in little handicaps.

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No wins from 4 starts and currently rated 74. Finished third, beaten three lengths, to Roman Candle in a maiden at Deauville (1m 2f) in October on his final start.

Trainer says

He is another who is a handicapper and more of a staying horse. He has French premiums so he will go out to France at some stage. He is capable of winning a handicap here before going over there to win Claimers.

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Scored by a length and a quarter from Waldstern on his only start at Haydock (1m) in September.

Trainer says

He is a lovely horse and one of my favourite horses. He won well and we expected him to win well first time up at Haydock when he beat one of John Gosden’s. I couldn’t run him because of the ground and then he wasn’t quite right at the end. He has wintered well and galloped before racing at Newcastle last week. If everything goes well he will run at the Craven meeting at Newmarket and will run in the Craven Stakes or the Feilden Stakes. We will decide after whether he has a chance in the 2000 Guineas or whether he wants a bit further. He is out of a Sinndar mare and he might be more of a Dante horse if he is good enough.

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Winner of one of his 3 starts and currently rated 82. Off the mark with a length victory from Aussie View in a novice event at Carlisle (7f) in July and finished fourth, beaten six and a quarter lengths, to Look Around in a listed contest at Sandown (7f) later that month.

Trainer says

She is a nice filly of John Dance’s and we probably tried her a bit high when we went for the Listed at Sandown where she finished fourth. She had a little setback which meant she couldn’t run again but she is back in training and is one who will win a handicap and might get some black type somewhere. She will get further than the seven furlongs we have run her over so far.

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Runner-up in her 4 starts and currently rated 77. Finished a length and a half behind Dame Malliot in a novice event at Wolverhampton (1m 1 1/2f) when last seen out in December.

Trainer says

She ran a blinder first time up and I thought she was a banker to win her maiden after that but she finished second three times after. The owners were keen to breed from her so we ran her right up to Christmas but still kept finding one too good. She has had a bit of break and is back now. How far we can take her we don’t know but she should win.

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No wins from 3 starts. Finished runner-up in her first two start and probably best effort when beaten a length and three quarters to Ideological in a novice at Kempton (1m) in September.

Trainer says

She is a nice filly and she finished second twice on the AW and I sent her to France for the premiums thinking she would like the soft ground but she hated it. I would put a line through that French run and on better ground I would hope she could win her maiden. She has done very well through the Winter.  

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Winner of two of her 8 starts and currently rated 95. Landed the Group 3 Prix du Bois at Deauville (5f) in July by a length from Chelsea Cloisters.

Trainer says

She has gone to be covered by Showcasing and all being well she will run in foal. We are hoping that putting her in foal will bring back a little bit of form for her as she lost it at the backend of the season. She is a deserved Group 3 filly and she will have a date at the Sales at the end of the year.

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Winner of one of his 4 starts and currently rated 80. Finished runner-up, beaten a length and three quarters, to Zip in a handicap at Newcastle (7f) in January off a mark of 80.

Trainer says

He is out of training at the minute with a little injury but he is a nice enough horse who will win sometime when he comes back.

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Winner of one of her 4 starts and currently rated 86. Finished third, beaten three and a half lengths, to Blue Gardenia in the Listed Montrose Fillies’ Stakes on her final start at Newmarket (1m) in November.

Trainer says

She is a Phoenix filly – she won a maiden at Newcastle and finished third in a listed race at Newmarket. We are going to throw her in at the deepend and see if she is good enough to run in the 1000 Guineas so we will run her in one of the trials at Newmarket or Newbury. She has certainly wintered well and I would hope she would run well but whether she is good enough to run in a 1000 Guineas is another matter. However, she has her black type and we now have to try and win a black type race.

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No wins from 3 starts and currently rated 75. Finished third, beaten three and a half lengths, to Dark Lochnagar in a novice event at Redcar (1m 1f) in October on his final start.

Trainer says

He is not back with us yet but he is coming back and when he steps up over a mile and a half you will see the best of him. He has been gelded and is tough strong horse who will win handicaps at some stage of his career.

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Winner of one of her 3 starts and currently rated 78. Off the mark on her debut at Carlisle (6f) in September when beating Flint Said No three lengths.

Trainer says

She is a nice filly by Toronado. She won really well first time up at Carlisle and when second in a Sales race at Newmarket where she was drawn on the wrong side. I ran her back too quick and she probably had enough for the season when I ran her at Haydock and she is a nice filly who has wintered well. She should win a nice race.

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Unraced

Trainer says

She is unraced at the moment but she is a nice filly and a half sister to Robin Hoods Bay who was trained by Ed Vaughan and won the Winter Derby on the AW. I would say she is plenty good enough to win a novice and she had a few niggles last year but seems over them. I would watch out for her in mile/mile and a quarter fillies maidens.

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Unraced

Trainer says

She goes to Newcastle on Friday and is another nice big Siyouni filly not quite in the mould of Laurens but not far off it . Hopefully she can run very well at Newcastle and will be winning her maiden somewhere.

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No wins from 5 starts and currently rated 73. Came closest to victory when fourth, beaten a length, to Feel Glorious in a maiden at Goodwood (6f) in August.

Trainer says

She is another who was with Ralph Beckett that is owned by King Power Racing and was sent to us. She is quite quick and works ok and is good enough to win a little handicap or a little novice. I don’t know if she can step up to Listed Class we will have to see and she goes to Wolverhampton on Thursday.

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Winner of one of his 5 starts and currently rated 82. Scored by a head from Theatre Of War in a novice at Wolverhampton (7f) in August.

Trainer says

He is not a bad type of horse and he did really well as he was quite a raw horse as a two-year-old and had a lot of growing to do. He’s done that and strengthened well and he run on Tuesday and will probably need that. He will then go for the mile handicap at the Craven meeting at Newmarket.

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No wins from two starts. Better effort when third, beaten a neck, to Eve Harrington at Southwell (7f) on her debut in January.

Trainer says

She is a nice filly who ran well first time out when just beaten by a couple of 80-rated horse that had runs under their belts. She didn’t come back and was a bit poorly after her last run at Southwell where she was a beaten favourite and I would put a line through that run. She needs a bit of sun on her back and once she gets that she will be a different filly.

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No wins from 3 starts and currently rated 76. Best effort when runner-up, beaten three quarters of a length, to Showout in a novice event at Hamilton (6f) on his debut in July.

Trainer says

He is a nice Poet’s Voice who it is probably my fault first time that he should have won. He hadn’t done enough stalls work and fell out of the stalls and ran a cracker and got beaten by a listed type horse of Archie Watson’s. He would have won it if he had jumped that day. He could go to Kempton on the 30th of this month.

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Winner of two of his 6 starts and currently rated 89. Off the mark in a nursery at Ayr (6f) in September when scoring by two lengths from Epona off a mark of 76 and followed up with a six length win from Usain Boat in a novice event at Pontefract (6f) in October.

Trainer says

He is a good tough horse and hard as nails. He is a typical Mayson and wants cut in the ground. I would say he definitely wants seven furlongs and he will go to the Spring meeting for a three-year-old handicap there if there is some cut in the ground.

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Winner of one of his 7 starts and currently rated 106. Scored by three and a half lengths from Autumn Splendour in a novice event at Nottingham (6f) in June and subsequently finished third, beaten four and three quarter lengths, to Pretty Pollyanna in the Group 1 Prix Moring at Deauville (6f) in August.

Trainer says

He is a cracking horse and probably our quickest two-year-old last year. He goes for the Group 3 Prix Sigy at Chantilly on April 13 which was won by Quiet Reflection. He needs a bit of cut to be seen at his best and he travelled all over the winner for most of the race in the Mill Reef and then just got run out of it in the last 100 yards by Kessaar. I will be disappointed if we can’t win a Group race with him. He will have a go at the Sandy Lane and then hopefully the Commonwealth Stakes.