Kameko’s trainer lines up the Derby after last weekend’s 2,000 Guineas triumph while Seinesational is one to watch on racing’s return to Pontefract
At Park House Stables in the pretty Hampshire village of Kingsclere, newly home to the 2,000 Guineas winner Kameko, the celebrations of Saturday’s Classic success have not just been muted, they have barely begun at all. Asked if there has been anything done in the way of swinging from the chandeliers, the trainer Andrew Balding replies: “Not really, yet. But we’ll find time for that, when we can safely do it. It can wait.”
As at other racing stables, staff at Park House have found a way of working while maintaining physical distancing but there seems little point in trying to celebrate the high point of one’s career in such constrained circumstances. Balding has put the party on ice but there is no doubting what Kameko’s win meant to the 47-year-old, whose previous Classic success came in the Oaks when he was a rookie trainer aged just 30.
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Pontefract
12.45 Disco Beats 1.15 Bonne Vitesse (nb) 1.45 Recurrent 2.20 White Copper 2.50 Lion Tower (nap) 3.20 Seinesational 3.50 Mr Carpenter 4.20 Shauyra 4.50 Stronsay
Wolverhampton
2.10 Rocking Reg 2.40 Jungle Inthebungle 3.10 Kafee 3.40 Dakota Moon 4.10 Mephisto 4.45 Asbaagh 5.20 Amir Kabir 5.50 Memory Hill 6.20 Queen Mia
Yarmouth
4.35 Sakura Petal 5.10 Sea Of Marmoon 5.40 Kadupul 6.10 Tomshalfbrother 6.45 Sky Commander 7.15 Levanter 7.45 Magwadiri 8.15 Surrajah
Kempton
5.00 Night Moment 5.30 Business 6.00 Gossiping 6.30 Maiden Castle 7.00 Hey Gracie 7.30 Sandy Steve 8.00 Pennywhistle 8.30 May Remain 9.00 Maximilius