John Gosden unleashed a smart three-year-old on Town Moor
Doncaster Sunday review: Reports, reaction and free video replays
By Sporting Life
08:56 · MON April 03, 2023
A round-up of the pick of the action from Doncaster on Sunday as Theoryofeverything made a big impression with a debut success.
The impeccably-bred Theoryofeverything blew his rivals away on debut in Sunday's Made In Doncaster St Leger Novice Stakes.
The son of Frankel, out of Group 1-winning dam Persuasive, was sent off a 100/30 chance in the face of some stiff opposition, coupled with testing conditions on Town Moor, but came through his first day at school with flying colours.
The sizeable colt stormed home under Rab Havlin to score by six lengths from Charlie Appleby's Striking Star (15/8 favourite), who was last seen running in the Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury on his final juvenile outing.
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Havlin said on Sky Sports Racing: "His mother handled soft ground very well, she was a good filly Persuasive and she won the QEII. Obviously he's by Frankel but he fluffed his lines a little bit at the start.
"They went a decent clip early on but mid-race they really steadied up and he was able to come smoothly into the race. When I gave him a kick he found plenty.
"I thought he put it to bed quite nicely. He was straight, he's done enough work and he was very laid back. He'll get a mile I'd have thought but he gave a nice feel and let's hope he can build on it."
Connections are now likely to search for similar conditions for his next outing, with the Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes at Newbury on April 22 mooted as a possible option.
“Considering he had quite a bad break and from where he ended up, he had quite a lot of ground to make up. He relished the ground conditions and I suspect the trainer will try to find somewhere with similar ground for his next start,” said Ted Voute, racing advisor for Theoryofeverything’s owner Prince Faisal.
“That will probably be Newbury I would say, as that often comes up softer than Newmarket and I suspect we will look for a spot with similar ground.
“I hope the trainer might consider the Greenham. I think that might be the logical next step and there’s also maybe a couple of races in France where we might have a chance of the ground coming up a bit softer.”
He went on: “We would have to supplement into a Classic, but his next run might show us a bit more and whether that is worthwhile or not.
“Otherwise the Prix Jean Prat and St James’s Palace Stakes are the other two we might look at, but they are in drier weather times and it could be the case we might have to hang on to him for the back-end and trying to find some Group Ones and keep entering until we get the right ground. He looks exciting.”
Ryan charge dances to victory
Kevin Ryan’s Aleezdancer (9/2 favourite) landed a gamble in good style in the Mental Health Awareness Handicap, relishing the testing conditions to win by a cosy two and a half lengths.
“The ground is vital to him,” said Ryan.
“We had a very frustrating year with him last year, albeit he won something – every time we had him ready for something the ground had gone.
“He’s just very effective on that surface and we’re delighted that he got his head in front again.
“We’ll have to see what the handicapper does and he’ll have to take into consideration he has handled this ground better than most. So hopefully he is not too harsh on him and we’ll have to wait for similar conditions again. The ground will dictate where he runs.”
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Charlie Fellowes’ Gorak (9/2 favourite) was equally impressive when obliging favouritism in the Music Live @ Doncaster Racecourse Handicap and there was no catching Bucephalus (12/1) in the Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap on his first start for Neil Mulholland.
Well-known fundraiser Jack Lander secured his second victory in the saddle when partnering Liam Bailey’s Clansman (15/2) to victory in the opening Flat Is Back At Doncaster Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap, while there was also an easy success for David Evans’ There’s The Door (15/2) in the Autism In Racing Handicap.
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