LAMBOURN trainer Tom Dascombe, featured in Turf Talk at the end of the last Flat season, has a big day ahead of him at Newmarket tomorrow.
Former assistant to South African trainer Mike de Kock, the trainer will be saddling his first Classic runner Max One Two Three in the 1,000 Guineas.
The up-and- coming trainer said: "Although we don't have any other horses of her class in the yard, I have worked with some very good horses before and I think she is very good."
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It will also be the first Classic ride for former Roger Charlton apprentice Richard Kingscote in his first full season as a fully fledged jockey.
He told Turf Talk he was really looking forward to the ride and added: "It's quite exciting to get a ride in a race like the Guineas and is by far the biggest ride I have had yet.
"The filly did nothing wrong last year, winning a decent race at York, so we are hoping she will run well.
"Tom Dascombe has had a good start to the season and I'm really looking forward to getting the leg up on the three-year-old.
"I will be riding against jockeys from France as well as the top English boys but you have just got to get on with it and do your own thing."
Stable star Max One Two Three won the Listed Rockingham Stakes at York last season and is rated highly by his trainer.
Quoted around 40-1 for the Classic, the smaller stables have done well in the race in recent seasons with the Pam Sly-trained Speciosa winning the race a couple of seasons ago at a big price.
Dascombe, who took over the Oneway Stable in Lambourn a couple of years ago, has been turning out the winners on the all-weather at regular intervals and ended last season with a 20 per cent strike rate, which was the sixth best in the country.
Anyone with a spare couple of pounds in their pocket could do worse than have a small interest at around 40-1.
The ambitious young trainer would not be running the horse if he thought he had no chance of picking up some prize money.
However tomorrow's showpiece looks to be at the mercy of French challenger Natagora, with her two principle rivals, Infallible and Muthabara, both in with a shout to chase the French star home.
Trainer Pascal Bary was said to be delighted with his filly after a recent gallop and was reported as saying he was convinced she will stay a mile at Newmarket as she proved her stamina on heavy ground over seven furlongs when winning in France.
Winner of the Nell Gwyn Stakes, Infallible has also pleased connections and Cheveley Park Stud managing director Chris Richardson said he thought she would stay the mile, adding: "The nice thing about her is that she has a wonderful temperament, she settles well in her races and takes everything in her stride."
However the column's selection is for the French raider Natagora to prevail.
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