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PLINKSY LANDS THE PREMIO CORSA SIEPI DEI 4 ANNI
1° 6 Plinsky
2° 3 Del Mar Dancer 6L
3° 8 Windlight 13L
4° 5 Negro 7L
5° 7 San Teodoro 3L
The hitherto unbeaten Plinsky maintained his unbeaten record, when putting in an amazing performance to land the Premio Corsa Siepi Dei 4 Anni - Gr.Ii . A son of King's Theatre, Plinsky had shown bits of form on the level and had come tenth in last year's Derby Italiano - Yoga (Group 1). He impressed me in his easily taking his first two starts over obstacles, however I fully expected Negro, (who had won his last three starts) to prove too strong. As it transpires Negro failed to fire (not jumping with any of the fluency shown in previous starts) and despite leading to the first he was quickly past by Plinsky, who after been dropped up at the back of the field, proceeded to charge to the front of the field, and quickly establish a clear lead with he never relinquished. Negro, plus Del Mar Dancer and Windlight made a vain attempt to catch him, but never came remotely close. On this sort of surface Plinksy will be very difficult to beat, though formlines through the second and third suggest that Negro wouldnt be far behind him with more cut in the ground.

BAGNI DI PETRIOLO THE BRAVE !!!
1° 1 Bagni Di Petriolo
2° 4 Jar (a nose)
3° 3 Hanover House ¾L
4° 12 Vamabushi 5L
5° 7 Sardoum 13L
Whilst I was slightly disappointed by Negro's efforts in the Premio Corsa Siepi Dei 4 Anni, I expected Bagni Di Petriolo to land Group 1 Premio Gran Corsa Di Siepi Mi ... He did, but boy was it close!!!. As usual Bagni Di Petriolo attempted to make all, but it became quite evident from early on, that he wasn't happy on this quick surface. He was stalked throughout by Jar; (a seven year old son of Niniski, who had been campaigned in Group company in Italy and Germany before embarking on a successful jumping campaign), who never allowed him to build up his customary big lead throughout. With two to jump Bagni Di Petriolo still looked like prevailing, however his apparent dislike of the ground became more pronounced and instead of excelling he decelerated .. to such an extent that Jar whittled away his lead up the run in .... Halfway up the runway ... Jar puts his head in front and seems certain to go away and win by a clear margin ... however Bagni Di Petriolo wasn't having any of it. He put his head down and battled, in a manner reminiscent to Ardross (who he isn't too dissimilar to). After going at least a neck down Bagni Di Petriolo put his head down and inched his way back as the line grew nearer and near .... Did he make it? .... I thought he'd lost .... the commentator was still coming down from one of the most dramatic race commentaries I'd heard in a while (South American football commentators have nothing on this guy!!!) .... I had to wait until watching a re run late last night to find out that he'd just got back up ....Both the winner and runner up come out of this with great credit .. their next meeting is will be worth waiting for.

FOCUS ON FRANCE
Tuesday, 14 May 2002

Newbury
Saturday, May 18th 2002
3:20 LOCKINGE STAKES - {Group.1} £172000 added, 4yo plus, 1m, penalty £99760, 10 runners.
Assuming Summoner (or for that matter Atavus) sets out to make this a truly run affair, then this race should develop into a battle between Noverre (one of last season's better 3-year-old milers who was slightly unlucky to be pipped by Terre A Terre at Nad Al Sheba) , No Excuse Needed (another decent miler who needs to improve on his disappointing 15th behind Terre A Terre and Noverre at Nad Al Sheba), Olden Time (Not seen out since finishing behind Slickly at Longchamp in September) and Keltos (who bounced back to somewhere like his best when winning at Saint Cloud last time out). There is no doubt that Noverre is a really useful individual, however, I believe Keltos is currently overpriced. The race should be run to suit this big nearly-white "grey" gelding and he appears to warrant (at the very least) each way consideration.
Keltos won at 9/1

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