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28/07/06
Milton Bradley is always a man to be feared with his sprinters and the Chepstow-based handler is hoping that Blue Tomato can land the £50,000 Sky Bet Dash over six furlongs at York on Saturday, July 29.
Blue Tomato, rated a 10/1 chance with the sponsors for the valuable prize, has been in tremendous recent form, notching three wins on the bounce over six furlongs at Goodwood, Newcastle and Haydock, and last time out was a good two-length second to Adantino over six furlongs at Lingfield on July 14, conceding 13lb to the winner.
Bradley said this morning: "The owner [Dab Hand Racing] wants to
go to York on Saturday so that's where we'll head.
"Blue Tomato has been doing very well lately and I think the ground
was just too quick last time out - that's what beat him. It was very
fast and the jockey reported that he just never strode out properly on
it. As long as the ground's not too firm, he'll go for the Sky Bet Dash.
"Blue Tomato has come out of his last race fine, there are no problems and he seems in good form. It hasn't jarred him at all, he's eating well and is working nicely."
The five-year-old, a dual six-furlong winner at York as a juvenile when
trained by Paul Cole, is set to carry 8st 9lb on Saturday, but apprentice
Liam Treadwell, who has struck up a great relationship with the horse
in his last four races, looks unlikely to be on board again.
Bradley explained: "I don't think Liam Treadwell could do the weight, as he's quite a big lad, so we'll be looking for another jockey.
"It's a competitive race and I think we've got a decent chance, but nobody could say they would definitely win it - they'd be talking rubbish then!"
Latest Sky Bet Dash prices from Sky Bet : 7/1 Wyatt Earp, Fantasy Believer, 8/1 Knot In Wood, 9/1 Machinist, 10/1 Blue Tomato, Ice Planet, Steel Blue, Yomalo, 12/1 My Gacho, Bo McGinty, Desperate Dan, Fonthill Road, 14/1 Munaddam, 16/1 Rising Shadow, Talbot Avenue, Bond Boy, Dazzling Bay, 18/1 Highland Warrior, 20/1 Bahamian Pirate, Obe Gold, Continent, 25/1 Glencairn Star, Josh, Kings Gait, Pacific Pride, The Kiddykid, Crocodile Bay
Each-Way: 1/4 the odds a place 1, 2, 3, 4
Saturday's card is headed by the £100,000 Sky Bet York Stakes,
a new Group Two contest over a mile and a quarter in which Budweiser
Irish Derby third Best Alibi is set to be partnered by Ryan Moore. Harrogate-based Sky Bet sponsor six races on the card in total.
Last year's high-class renewal of the Sky Bet Dash went to the Barry
Hills-trained La Cucaracha, who returned to the Knavesmire the following
month and secured victory in the Group One VC Bet Nunthorpe Stakes.
Racing commences at 2.10pm with the £15,000 Skybet.com EBF Fillies'
Handicap over 10 furlongs and is followed at 2.40pm by the two and a
quarter mile Sky Bet Press Red To Bet On Channel Four Handicap, worth £12,500.
The Sky Bet Dash will take place at 3.15pm and the Sky Bet York Stakes
at 3.50pm. The two features precede the six-furlong £10,100 Sky Bet Maiden Auction Stakes (4.25pm) and the £10,000 skybet.com Claiming
Stakes (5.00pm) over seven furlongs.
Sky Bet is supporting another first at York this evening, July 27, when
it sponsors the first race run over the trip of five and a half furlongs
at the course. The contest is part of the preparations for the temporary
relocation of the St Leger Festival in September, when the Portland Handicap
will be over this unusual sprinting distance.
YORK RACECOURSE JULY MEETING
ORDER OF RUNNING 2006
Thursday, July 27
Gates open 4.00 pm
Channel 4 or Racing UK Race Time Race Title Age Prize money Distance
Racing UK 6.00 pm The Four High Petergate Hotel and Sawfish Software Maiden Auction Stakes 2 £10,100 Seven furlongs
Racing UK 6.30 pm First TransPennine Express Stakes (Handicap 61-80) 3 £10,000 Six furlongs
Racing UK 7.00 pm Skybet.com Portland Trial Stakes (Handicap 71-90) 3+ £12,500 Five & a half furlongs
Racing UK 7.30 pm Rose of York Conditions Stakes 4+ £16,000 One mile
Racing UK 8.00 pm Garrowby Handicap Stakes 81-100 3 £20,000 One & a half miles
Racing UK 8.30 pm Sgt Pepper's Handicap Stakes 56-75 3+ £8,500 One mile & one furlong
Saturday, July 29
Gates open 11.15 am
Channel 4 or Racing UK Race Time Race Title Age Prize money Distance
Channel 4 2.10 pm Skybet.com EBF Fillies' Stakes - Handicap 71-90 3+f&m £15,000
One & a quarter miles
Channel 4 2.40 pm Sky Bet Press Red to Bet on Channel Four Stakes - Handicap
61-80 3+ £12,500 Two & a quarter miles
Channel 4 3.15 pm Sky Bet Dash - Heritage Handicap 0-105 3+ £50,000 Six furlongs
Channel 4 3.50 pm Sky Bet York Stakes - Group 2 3+ £100,000 One & a quarter miles
Racing UK 4.25 pm Sky Bet Maiden Auction Stakes 2 £10,100 Six furlongs
Racing UK 5.00 pm Skybet.com Claiming Stakes 3+ £10,000 Seven furlongs
Racing UK 5.35 pm Fulford Golf Club Centenary Stakes - Handicap 61-80 4+ £12,500 One & a half miles
MUSIC EVENTS:
Thursday - 'The Cavern Beatles'
Saturday - 'Killer Queen'
On both evenings, the music will commence shortly after racing and last for approximately 90 minutes.
