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Flying Officer wings to impressive staying success

Although he isn’t currently quoted in the ante-post list for the Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup at the royal meeting in June, don’t be surprised if the John Gosden-trained Flying Officer emerges as a potential star long distance performer of the 2014 season, writes Elliot Slater.

The four-year-old has been very lightly raced in the last two seasons and was having only the fourth race of his life when putting up a particularly eye-catching performance at Nottingham’s first fixture of the campaign on April 9, producing a long, raking run under the in-form William Buick, then staying on strongly to beat Earth Amber by half-a-length in the listed Totepool EBF Stallions Barry Hills Further Flight Stakes over a mile-and-three-quarters.

The bare form is not yet good enough to worry the likes of last year’s St Leger winner Leading Light, currently a 4/1 ante-post market leader with bet365 for the centrepiece of Royal Ascot, or The Queen’s filly and defending champion Estimate (5/1), but there are plenty of reasons for thinking that Flying Officer is going places and could well be up to the mark come the middle of June.

The son of Dynaformer is bred to be very smart over staying distances being a full-brother to both 2007 St Leger winner Lucarno, and the 2012 Great Voltigeur Stakes winner Fort Worthy, who also ran fourth in the Epsom Derby behind the top-class Camelot. Everything in his pedigree suggests he should stay really well and Flying Officer’s relaxed racing style gives him every chance of seeing out the marathon trip at Royal Ascot, should connections decide they want to tackle that challenge.

Speaking at Nottingham after the four-year-old had raced off a mark of 100 in beating Earth Amber, there was no doubting the fact that Gosden is expecting his charge to take high rank in the staying class this season. He immediately suggested that a crack at the Group 3 Henry II Stakes at Sandown Park on May 29 could be the next port of call, although here is also the option of tackling the Group 2 Yorkshire Cup at York earlier that month, a race for which the George Strawbridge-owned gelding already has an entry.

Although he has a great record in training St Leger winners, Gosden is far from a regular competitor in the feature Cup staying races, but now appears to have a credible horse to go to war with in that sphere this season. A winner of three of his four starts, Flying Officer’s only defeat came when racing over a mile as a juvenile in a first-time hood – something he wore to his Nottingham victory – but that came behind the subsequent Irish Derby winner Trading Leather when finishing seventh to Jim Bolger’s high-class horse in the Group 3 Autumn Stakes at Newmarket.

Gosden certainly has his whole string in great shape at this early stage of the season and at the time of writing had sent out a sensational five winners from his last 10 runners.

Australian dominance

Horse racing trainer Aiden O’Brien described his horse Australia as “the best we’ve ever had”, which is a very lofty statement when you consider that he has also trained L’Arc and Ascot winner Dylan Thomas and Epsom Derby and 2000 Guineas winner Camelot. So, just how big a season is Australia going to have this year?

By all accounts it is going to be a massive year. The horse is the 9/4 favourite with Paddy Power for the 2000 Guineas and 5/2 favourite with the Irish bookmaker to reign supreme in the Epsom Derby. In less than 12 months’ time this horse could already have reached legendary status.

We caught a glimpse of the horse in Curragh where the colt was part of the Ballydoyle stables training session at the Curragh post-race. As a juvenile, the horse won two of its three starts, the highlight being a six-length victory in a Leapardstown group.

Curragh gave us a glimpse of Australia and that is all we will have until the Guineas; O’Brien does not want to run the horse before Newmarket, as they do not want to race him on bad ground. The horse is “a beautiful mover” and they won’t want to risk injury on poor ground.

The hype surrounding the horse is huge and with O’Brien’s comment this hype has been increased tenfold. For the Ballydoyle trainer to speak so glowingly about Australia then you have to take note. He’s trained dominant horses before and if he believes that Australia has the talent then Australia has the talent.

Of course nothing is set in stone in horse racing and many horses often fail to live up to expectations, but the gut feeling in the racing world is that this horse is going to make it.

Although speculative, from the murmurings at the moment it seems that Australia is going to have a massive year in front of him and as long as the ground isn’t too soft the horse should dominate both the Guineas and the Derby.

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[Marco Botti] Yarmouth racecourse was bathed in sunshine yesterday for its 2 day Easter holiday meeting and Golden Steps provided the crowd with a very worthy winner. He won in very impressive style by 7 lengths under a great ride from fellow Italian Frankie Dettori. The son of footstepsinthesand joined the Marco Botti stable last year and has been going well at home, “I am very pleased with the way in which he has won here today, he has taken some quiet handling at home, he is a horse that likes to have a routine. He will progress from here and I feel he can be a nice sort. “Said a pleased Marco. Pershing nearly managed to follow up with a double on the card, but was denied by a late run from the Roger Varian trained Thurayaat. “Pershing was unlucky as he had run a great race, he wouldn’t be far from winning and I would hope he can get his head in front next time out. “said trainer Marco Botti.

[Mark Usher] Today, Hope Point finally returns to the racecourse after 693-days off in the 4.55 at Taunton. A lot of credit, must go to alot of people for getting her back to the racecourse and it has required a lot of time and patience, especially from her owners. She is still young and relatively unexposed, so it will be great if she can get a clear run of things without anymore hiccups. As for today, it is a long time to be off so she should improve plenty for he first start back. It is quite a weak race so it wouldn’t surprise me if she sneaked a place.

[Julia Feilden] One of our horses who absolutely loves the seaside air is The Ducking Stool. All five of her career wins have come at the track and she managed to win three there last term, including the race she goes for tomorrow. After a great time of it, she's very high in the handicap now but she can never be written off and is certainly fit enough to do herself justice on her seasonal comeback. She has quite a fan club at the course nowadays so it will be great to see her admirers out in force. Silver Alliance heads to the course the following day and he too loves the place. He made a great comeback at Wolverhampton last time and is in A1 condition since then. He needs the race to be run to suit him but, if it is, he will be thereabouts. Automotive is looking good for a trip to Yarmouth next week. He had a good blow after his comeback a few weeks ago and, as per usual, he is working brilliantly at home. He is hard to predict but certainly has enough ability to win plenty of races. Tiger's Home and Honeymoon Express are two sprinting fillies I'm very excited about seeing this year. They both improved a tonne last season and have done very well over the winter - they both look like body builders. Unfortunately they were both coughing a bit last month so their work had to be stepped down and, as a result, they are a few weeks behind schedule. That's not to worry though as there are plenty of races for both and I can't wait to get started with them.

[Ann Duffield] Red Charmer was having his first run for over two hundred days and ran a cracker when fourth today at Musselburgh, beaten less than two lengths in the second most valuable race on todays card. A big strong two year old who failed to trouble the judge in any of his four runs as a juvenile, he started his three year old career with only slightly better efforts. We had however always liked the horse and he is blessed with patient owners so with that in mind we waited, and waited. Finally he got his act together and started winning, proving himself to be a useful and reliable chap and, after today's excellent run we can be confident of winning again this year, and with luck possibly contiune to improve (if Mr handicapper does not treat him unfairly). Later on Petite Madam showed she too has improved on last year when also finsihing fourth in the mile and a half maiden. This was only the fillies second racecourse appearence and she, like Red Charmer is slow letting the penny drop, she is also pretty lazy and hard work for her jockey. PJ is extremely fit but probably blew harder and for longer than the filly did. Called 'Petite Madam' for two reasons, one, she was very small as a yearling but has grown and is still growing into a big animal, and two, 'Madam' because she was one, thankfully now she is beautifully behaved. Two miles might be her trip in future. Bearskin makes his seasonal debut tomorrow at Redcar and, hopefully will aquit himself well.

[David Nicholls] Two runners down at Epsom in the first race 1.45 today. Due to rain since declarations on Monday, the going has changed from Good, good to firm in places, to Soft, good to soft in places, which unfortunately is not in our favour, however this type of race is at present few and far between, and both horses are ready to run. Whatever todays outcome, they shall improve. Closer to home, Mr John Law has two runners at Catterick Bridge, where again both having their first run of the year, but with conditions more suitable. XILERATOR has to put his best foot forward, and reproduce the form he showed early last season, and CAHAL will eventually want further, but he will keep trying for his jockey.

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[Richard Hannon]SHEIKH JOAAN (Al Thani) has given Richard Hannon huge backing since Olympic Glory provided him with his first Group 1 winner as an owner when landing the QE11 Stakes at Ascot last autumn, and Britain's newest trainer hopes to vindicate that faith in years to come. Hannon said: "Sheikh Joaan has been very supportive and, besides Toronado and Olympic Glory, he also has a possible Derby horse in Bunker, so, while taking into account the two-year-olds he has, which include an 800,000gns son of High Chaparral (sire of Toronado) bought at the Newmarket Breeze-Up Sale last week, he probably has a team of around 35 with us. "My ambition is to keep raising the bar, and, while I accept that eventually things will plateau, we have been increasing our quality these last few years, and it is very exciting having so many potential superstars in the yard. "In the past, our ceiling was always around the 100,000gns mark, and we could only look on with envy as the big-spenders got involved at the sales for the yearlings that everyone wants. "Now, however, we have enough clout to be serious players for the Book 1 horses, though we will never forget our roots and we will be at Doncaster Sales this week shopping in the £20,000-50,000 isles, where we have been so successful in the past." Talking of Bunker, Hannon added: "He has not yet won a Group race, but the form of his Listed victory at Deauville last August is rock-solid, with the runner-up, Karakontie having gone on to win the G1 Prix Jean Luc Lagardere at Longchamp on Arc day. "Whether Bunker is a Derby horse we are not yet sure, but we felt it was worth supplementing him for £8,000, and we will find out the wisdom of that move when he runs in the Dante Stakes at York next month. It would be marvellous to think he could win the Derby – it might silence those who insist we cannot train horses beyond a mile!" Not that Hannon has found Bunker an easy horse to handle. "He is a colt with a bit of attitude about him," said the trainer. "He needs entertaining, so we take him for the odd away-day just to keep him interested, and it seems to be doing the trick. He worked very well at Everleigh yesterday, and Frankie loved him when he rode him three weeks ago."

[Jeremy Noseda]GRANDEUR gave trainer Jeremy Noseda a big-race triumph in today’s £200,000 Easter Classic, the highlight of Lingfield’s All-Weather Championships. It was a totally different outcome to last month’s Winter Derby in which the grey was checked by a wide draw at the Surrey track. This afternoon, he broke from stall two and was able to travel in just about position ‘A’, a close-up fourth behind the pace-setting Party Royal. The gallop was only a modest one, so it paid to race handy when things began to pan out around the turn for home. That was when Dickdoughtywylie was kicked into the lead by jockey William Buick, only for Ryan Moore to have the move covered. He engaged Grandeur from over a furlong out and a terrific scrap ensued with Dickydoughtywylie. Noseda’s charge, owned by Yvonne Jacques, looked to be getting on top as the pair entered the 100 metres and, sure enough, Grandeur hit the line with a head to spare in front of a record crowd for Lingfield. Jeremy said: “I am delighted that he has won. The Winter Derby was a real disappointment and I said before that this was his redemption day – he’s come back and redeemed himself.” The Shalfleet trainer also paid tribute to Moore for his part in the success. He added: “Ryan is a great jockey – as good as there is in the world. He is an utter professional, a gentleman – I can’t speak highly enough of him. He is just the type of man you want on your side.” The first prize of £124,500 pushed Grandeur’s career earnings beyond £460,000. The globe-trotter already has a couple of Grade 2 wins in America to his name and Noseda indicated that another trip across the Atlantic could be next for the five-year-old.

[Paul Cole] Berkshire has come out the Greenham well, we could see his chances were doomed as soon as he came out the stalls in front and started pulling and he was never going to get home. Last year first time out he did the same at Newbury, had no cover pulled and ran out of steam. He will do a bit of work on Saturday on our Woolley Down grass gallop for the first time this year and he will go the full distance. We are obviously hoping the race would have brought him on mentally and if we are happy with his work on Saturday a tilt at the Guineas is not out of the question. We would hope for a fast pace which would suit us. Circumvent ran well again at Kempton in a 1m 0-105 handicap he finished very fast and we will look for another race shortly. 1m is too short for him, 1m 1f is a perfect distance for him but they are few and far between I think we may have to go back to France where he won his Group 3. Complicit's race was far to rough for him and getting bumped finished him off. When you have the maximum field size like that a smooth passage over that distance is beneficial. Silverheels may have not had the easiest runs around although at the same time it was a very competitive field. Gifted Girl is in great form and all being well she heads to the Dahlia Stakes, she did a nice piece of work last Saturday and is due for another piece this weekend. Dark Days is due to run at Doncaster on Friday over 1m 4f he ran encouragingly at Newbury and will need further in time but he has improved from his last run. Bluegrass Blues may need a pair of blinkers to help him he still maintains stacks of ability. Meritocracy had bad luck in running at Newmarket and will probably head to York he has obviously trained on and should be capable of picking up a couple of races this year all being well. Grecian is fit and will run at Sandown over 5f we have not done too much finding out work here but he heads their in good form. We have some nice two year olds to come out starting with a Starspangledbanner colt called Rotherwick that seems to be going nicely a race is yet to be found.

[Robert Cowell] We have one runner this afternoon. TENNESSEE WILDCAT races in the first at Epsom Downs, in the 1.45pm, 5f Handicap. He has Andrea Atzeni back on board. The ground should suit him, but the track is a bit of an unknown, being such an unusual 5f it is hard to tell if he will handle the down hill trip . . . Fingers crossed he loves it and he runs a good race this afternoon . . . Meanwhile, the Doncaster Bloodstcok, Breeze Ups have been happening. They kicked off at 10.00am this morning, with all lots breezing on the race track. This afternoon Robert will inspect all lots that stood out to him, with the sale being held all day tomorrow. All lots can be view on the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales website - www.dbsauctions.com

[George Baker] Chepstow yesterday did not go to plan. Abigail Lynch throwing in a shocking run. She has had a tough old time of it, but yesterday was way below what we had hoped for. The watered ground was not the sole reason, but I am still struggling to understand why the excellent Keith Ottesen threw so much water onto the track when we could all work out that Sunday was a day of monsoonal rain. What is wrong with genuine good ground ?? We did not get that yesterday. Andrew Tinkler was not the only jockey to describe the ground as "very dead", and this was backed up by the slow motion finishes that we witnessed. Keith told me in the morning that he had had to water in case the rain did not come ?! Why on earth he could not have waited until Sunday lunchtime, when it was pouring down, is beyond me. Sunday's rain would have been more than enough to take any "jar" out of the ground. If it had not arrived, the taps could have been turned on all through Sunday afternoon. All very disappointing. And a little confusing. And unnecessary to penalise those who want to race on fast ground..... I'm Harry has been a bit of a revelation in recent times. This was his fourth win on the bounce, two on Jersey and two at Kempton. Not bad for a horse who a short year ago looked most unlikely to ever get his head in front. It is that short year ago that Harry first won on Jersey under the now retired Tony Culhane, and he has gone from strength to strength.... Ancient Greece had a torrid trip to St Moritz this year after making history over there in 2013. Fantastic to see him back in the Winners' Enclosure. Candida, Anneli and Tallulah masterminding operations, and providing commentaries that were not quite Julian Wilsonesque, but gave us a "rough" idea of what was going on. It appears that AG could have won by a distance, but still walked over the line 10 lengths clear of his vain pursuers. A great effort....

[Godolphin] Sprinter Reckless Abandon, successful on five of his eight starts before retiring to stud, is back in training due to fertility issues. The four-year-old son of Exchange Rate has joined Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby at Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket. There are no plans yet for Reckless Abandon who enjoyed an unbeaten campaign as a two-year-old which concluded with two Group One victories over six furlongs in 2012 - the Darley Prix Morny at Deauville and the vision.ae Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket. Reckless Abandon raced three times as a three-year-old and finished a close fifth in two Group One five-furlong contests, the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Qatar Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp in France.

[James Fanshawe] Saturdays runners all ran very well. It is good to know that on the whole the horses are in good form and hopefully very soon we will have some winners. RIBBONS as usual did not disappoint. She seems to have grown up a lot over the winter and was a lamb to saddle up. Kempton is the best place to saddle up a horse that can be a funny as you can saddle up in their stable. She came from a long way back to finish second in the process getting a bit more black type which will help when she eventually goes to stud.

[Richard Guest]It's All A Game, who belongs to the stable's sponsors, energy savings specialists, Viscount Environmental, showed his wellbeing three weeks ago when a close second at Wolverhampton. Since then, he has thrived, and goes to Catterick today in top condition. Ridden by Billy Cray, who knows the horse well, and that is an advantage in the Sleeping Indian gelding's case, as he can be tricky, he contests the 4.50, a seven furlong handicap. Provided he jumps well from the stalls, he is well drawn in stall one, but the race will be run on fast enough ground : despite a bit of rain and 6mm of watering earlier in the week, the going is good to firm with a dry warm day forecast. It's All A Game has not yet won on ground as fast as this, but he should handle it--though he probably would prefer just a little more ease in the surface. The chesnut faces eleven opponents. Skinny Latte from the Mickey Hammond stable is a bit of an unknown, making a handicap and turf debut, having been given a mark based on all weather performances. Hopefully, our runner can put up a pleasing performance. A repeat of his Wolverhampton second, could get him to the winner's enclosure, and, although he carries two pounds more today, he has a winning chance if he handles the ground well enough.