RACE REPORT

Stoat Selling Stakes, Leicester, 1m 2f, £2,982, g/s

1st

 YASHIN

11/2

8.11

2nd

 Smart Boy Prince

 7/1

9.2

3rd

Red Rocky

 16/1

8.1 p

Distances: 8, ½

Time2m 8.04s

Ran: 18

Trainer: M H Tompkins

Jockey: L Dettori

Owner: Roalco Ltd

 Yashin has shown himself to be something of a runaway in the past but careful handling, taking him slowly and early to post, has started to work and he came home here in spectacular fashion. He had failed in a seller previously after showing distinct promise in better races and the step up three furlongs in trip looked to work the oracle.
He decimated this field and was value for something nearer double the distance. The handicapper is likely to take revenge, having dropped him 4lb, for his selling defeat, but on this evidence he looks on an upward curve if contained.

He was sold to Nigel Shields for 12,000gns.

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