Group 1 winners at 25-1 and 100-1: my two against the field in wide-open title race
Kitty Trice assesses the runners and riders in the 2023 first-season sires championship
The Flat season kicks off next month and with it come the two-year-olds from the newest batch of first-season sires. Ranging from Derby winners to sprint stars, the betting market has a more open feel to it than is sometimes the case. Here is a look at the newcomers.
Sire Blue Point
Stands Kildangan Stud
First-crop juveniles 164
Best odds 9-4 (Sky Bet)
A top-class sprinting son of Darley's late, great sire Shamardal, the Kildangan Stud-based Blue Point has been chalked up as favourite by Paddy Power at 2-1 to sire most winners among this year's freshman class, with Sky Bet going 9-4.
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Published on 8 February 2023inBloodstock Big Read
Last updated 15:42, 8 February 2023
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