Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Group 3) (Colts & Geldings)
Prize £56,710
Distance 7f
Class Class 1
Runners 8 runners
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Albert Einstein
Rare runner in the Greenham for his powerful connections, who are still working out whether the highly regarded colt is a Guineas prospect or needs a return to 6f over which he was 2-2 as a 2yo (both on good ground); only sixth when favourite for Curragh Listed race (7f, soft to heavy; took a good hold) on return from ten-month absence but retains potential and could well take a big step forward, as well as settle better, in first-time hood with the outing under his belt; adds great interest to this field.
J: Ryan Moore
T: A P O'Brien🔵 SP VALUE
3
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9/4
+21.5% vs avg
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18 Apr 26
Newbury
Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Colts & Geldings)
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway over 1f out - bumped inside final furlong - no extra towards finish(tchd 2/1 and 5/2)
Took keen hold - midfield - pushed along over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - tenderly handled but kept on inside final furlong (vet reported colt to be post race normal)(op 10/11)
Comfortably justified favouritism in Curragh sales race (6.3f, yielding) to follow up his debut win; rank outsider in the Dewhurst (7f, good to firm) but ran well on bare figures to finish sixth of nine, just under 2l behind Zavateri; difficult to rule out further improvement this year.
J: Clifford Lee
T: K R Burke⚪ NO EDGE
3
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9/1
0% vs avg
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18 Apr 26
Newbury
Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Colts & Geldings)
Made all - pushed along over 2f out - kept on well(op 8/1)
Took keen hold - towards near side - led group - prominent when groups merged halfway - hung left and lost position 2f out - drifted right then kept on but no extra final furlong(op 33/1)
Turf debutant who brings a solid AW record that comprises a couple of second-places at Kempton and reappearance success (admittedly faced straightforward task) at Southwell, all over 7f; unexposed but faces a much stiffer assignment upped in class, as ratings reflect.
J: Cristian Demuro
T: Roger Varian⚪ NO EDGE
3
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20/1
+65.4% vs avg
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18 Apr 26
Newbury
Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Colts & Geldings)
Towards rear - some headway over 1f out - weakened gradually inside final 110yds(op 25/1 tchd 18/1 and 33/1)
Bargain buy at £33,000 as a yearling, and picked up almost £300k in prize-money during a busy 2025 campaign, including when landing the Two Year Old Trophy at Redcar (6f); ran respectably, amid trouble, upped to 1m at the Breeders' Cup; not certain to progress any further, however.
J: Oisin Murphy
T: Hugo Palmer⚪ NO EDGE
3
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16/1
+13.3% vs avg
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18 Apr 26
Newbury
Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Colts & Geldings)
Pressed leader - weakened inside final furlong(op 18/1 tchd 12/1)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (2yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)
Dwelt - raced in final trio - looking for room over 2 1/2f out - ridden and closing when gap closed and snatched up approaching final furlong - taken right and stayed on again final 125yds
In touch with leaders - pushed along and headway 2f out - ridden over 1f out - led inside final furlong - edged left but ran on well final 110yds - always doing enough(op 15/2)
In rear - short of room early - some headway when not clear run over 1f out - soon switched left - not clear run inside final furlong - not recover (jockey said gelding was slowly away)(Mkt1: op 33/1 tchd 40/1; Mkt2 op 50/1 tchd 40/1)
Restless in stalls - squeezed out start - raced far side - never better than midfield - 7th of 9 in group (jockey said colt was restless in stalls and - as a result - was slowly away)(tchd 50/1)
Dwelt start - in rear - waiting for room 2f out - short of room inside final furlong - pushed along and ran on well final 110yds - led towards finish - won going away - promising(tchd 5/2)
Scored quite tidily at Newbury (1m, soft) in sole 2yo start; perhaps not crying out for this drop in trip, especially if the ground isn't so slow, and it should be noted that all of his future major entries are over middle distances; otherwise brings potential to Group level.
J: Rossa Ryan
T: Ralph Beckett🔵 SP VALUE
3
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16/1
-19% vs avg
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18 Apr 26
Newbury
Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Colts & Geldings)
Sweating - slowly into stride - soon in touch with leaders - prominent after 1f - weakened over 2f out(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
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In touch with leaders - raced in third after 1f - steady headway over 3f out - pressed leaders over 2f out - nudged along to lead over 1f out - kept on well(op 13/2)
Edged ahead inside the final half-furlong and did just enough at Newbury (6.5f, soft) on the same day that Gonna Fly won in better style over 1m; holds a 2,000 Guineas entry, unlike that rival, and is open to progress; bottom of this pack on bare figures as things stand, however.
J: Tom Marquand
T: William Haggas🔵 SP VALUE
3
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22/1
+9.5% vs avg
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18 Apr 26
Newbury
Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Colts & Geldings)
Dwelt start - towards rear - headway over 1f out - went fourth towards finish - not pace to challenge(op 16/1 tchd 22/1)
Has shown further improvement at Meydan this year and landed the Jumeirah 2,000 Guineas (1m, good; Listed) by 1l most recently, taking overall record to 3-5; the form received a boost of sorts at Newmarket this week; sole Newbury effort, namely close second in strong maiden (6f) last May, has worked out very well; solid claims.
J: James Doyle
T: Simon & Ed Crisford🔵 SP VALUE
3
7.5 → 5.5 ↑(26.7%)
10/3
+15.6% vs avg
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18 Apr 26
Newbury
Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Colts & Geldings)
Took keen hold - prominent - no extra inside final 110yds - lost fourth towards finish(op 4/1)
Cracking purchase at 35,000gns as a yearling, and developed into a smart colt during a 2025 season that featured wins in three major 2yo races, notably the National Stakes at the Curragh (7f, yielding) where his gameness was confirmed; handled the July course at Newmarket in the summer but proved all at sea on the Rowley Mile in the Dewhurst, losing his unbeaten record (still ran respectably in fourth place); he's the pick on form and launches 3yo campaign in a race that his trainer's father Fulke won twice.
J: Charles Bishop
T: Eve Johnson Houghton⚪ NO EDGE
3
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11/4
+7.1% vs avg
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18 Apr 26
Newbury
Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Colts & Geldings)
In touch with leaders - bit short of room when headway over 1f out - bumped inside final furlong - went second inside final 110yds - kept on(tchd 11/4)
Midfield - not clear run 2f out - pushed along and switched right then good headway to lead over 1f out - ridden final furlong - joined inside final 110yds - kept on well and just prevailed - gamely(op 15/2)
Clive Cox Racing British EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (Bands B/C/D) (Qual') (GBB/IRE Inc) (Div II)
In touch with leaders - short of room against rail over 4f out - headway to lead 1f out - ran green when shaken up inside final furlong - kept on well(op 9/2 tchd 6/1)