There is plenty of anticipation that Mishriff’s brother Kaleido will prove well-named as connections dare to dream ahead of his return in Newmarket‘s Alex Scott Maiden Stakes on Thursday.
Like his illustrious brother, Kaleido – who holds entries for the 2000 Guineas, Dante and Derby in the early months of the new season – is trained by John and Thady Gosden who have a fine record in this race, with the colt making a promising debut when second at Doncaster late last season.
Ted Voute
“There’s a lot of hope behind him, but he does need to progress and the race at Doncaster last year hasn’t been overly revealing in terms of form, so it feels like we’re starting from scratch and seeing how he goes,” said Ted Voute, racing adviser to owner Prince Faisal.
“We’re probably starting over shorter than ideal over seven furlongs, but it’s a stiff seven furlongs and it will give us an idea where to go. He’s well entered after that and it’s a fact-finding mission.
“He’s quite a hyper horse so he doesn’t take a lot of training, so we thought we’d run him and see what route we take.”
Mishriff scooped major prizes both at home and abroad during his dazzling career and although Kaleido is a different model on looks to his sibling, the “compact” colt appears to have been named accordingly.
Comparing the two, Voute added: “Kaleido still carries his head down a little bit further, but not quite as far down as Mishriff and he’s not quite as strong. But Kaleido means perfect in Arabic and the Prince’s son had named him because I think he’s a more compact horse than Mishriff – he’s not quite as big, but he’s well put together.
“Let’s hope he develops well with time and often with these sort of horses, there is so much hope behind them and people get disappointed if they don’t quite live up to expectations.
“His brother was a pretty good racehorse and he’s got a long way to go. If he achieves even a fraction of what Mishriff achieved, he will have done really well.”
Competizione
The Clarehaven training team will also be represented by the Thoroughbred Racing Corporation’s Competizione, who makes his debut in the seven-furlong event which was won by Harry Charlton’s Kikkuli 12 months ago.
Charlie Appleby’s Anno Domini sets the standard in the bet365 EBF Conditions Stakes and drops back in distance following his only disappointment of last season, which came at a mile in the season-ending Futurity Trophy.
He is joined in a field of seven by the likes of Simon and Ed Crisford’s impressive course-and-distance maiden winner Treble Tee and Richard Spencer’s Righthere Rightnow, who had supporters raving on debut before underwhelming when fancied to run well in Doncaster’s Champagne Stakes.
