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TWO YEAR OLDS DAY
Reviewed by ANDRE BEAUMONT
The racing at the end of October in Newmarket are the lazy days. The summer warmth is nearly gone but you can still get the sun. One forecast was predicting fog a day out but equine instinct could have told you better on the gallops and the going was good. These days are filled with Newmarket faces and also those who like their flat racing throughout the season, continuing minus the most excitable companions.
Amongst the runners appearing on Two Year Olds Day will usually be something that will be promising at three years old and the fixture provides the opportunity to run them locally near where they may well have been trained and on turf with which they are familiar.
To remember these horses running the following year you either have to know your stuff - the subject matter of more technical reviews than this - or see them all.
The relatively light crowds do mean you can just about get round to photograph all the winners but as you have no advance knowledge of who they may be, it is no easy task. You need to photograph all the horses and then find out what you have but this might just give you a chance to remember them the following year.
The Rowley Mile Racecourse
The Millennium Grandstand with its cantilevered and cable-stayed roof
The winner of the first race, Misty Sky, in the parade ring
Aidan Keeley onboard
Crossing the winning line
Returning to the winners' enclosure
Misty Sky trained by Hugo Palmer
On the way home - an easy run
Second race winner Treble Tee on the way down to the off
Approaching the winning post
Ed Crisford trained and well clear
Jamie Doyle off his mount in the winners' enclosure after the second race
The winning post before the off for the third race
The winner, Tremorgio, trained by Charlie Appleby
Many Men, trained by Jim Boyle, in the parade ring for the fourth race
Better posture .... than many men
Down to the off .... and a video of the win: [1]
Into the winners' enclosure .... and another video of there: [2]
Jockey Jack Doughty receiving the prizes
Poses obligingly for his portrait
Ziggy's Phoenix
Richar Hannon trained, nearly there as the ground rises in the final furlong
Sean Leavey entering the winners' enclosure
.... where you can spare a leg
Going past the winning post
I thought this the best win of the afternoon and sometimes you do not have to wait till the following year to see the horse again.
Ziggy's Phoenix, now a five times winner, selling for 60,000 guineas at Tattersalls six days later