Chief Stipe Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 $4m colt Galveston flops to run last on debut By Luke Sheehan 6 hours ago This week on Hold All Tickets, Alex and Xavier dive deep into the G1 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield, with the MRC Foundation Cup also offering a golden ticket into the Caulfield Cup. At Randwick, Alex is with a glamour filly and doesn't tip the galloper that he owns? Big vibe check in the Yays and Neighs with a contentious scratching in England. The Aidan O'Brien-trained Galveston hasn't excited his connections just yet (to understate it), fizzling out to run last on debut as the short-priced favourite. The $1.67 fav in a seven-horse field at Naas was unable to live up to his £2m price-tag (as a yearling), beaten 8.25L by the winner Call Me Captain ($19) in the 1400m event for 2YOs. Galveston was spaced by the second-last horse, finishing 2.75L off Washington Street ($5) - who was the second-fav so the race was a bookie's fantasy. The winner, Call Me Captain, was bought for a comparatively measly €18,000 in September last year (about A$29,500). Reckon the man that bought him might have had a grin seeing the price of one he towelled up! "He's a horse we liked a lot at home. Paddy Turley bought him and he liked him as well," Craig Bryson, representing the winning stable Natalia Lupini, said post-race. "He was just ready to start today and showed his greenness down the back. We hoped he'd run a nice race but coming to a maiden like this you are only hoping. "He showed a wee bit of class there today to get to the front and get the job done nicely. "He's a nice horse going forward. If he had come here today and been placed we would have been delighted, to win is brilliant. "We'll see how he is after that. He could possibly have one more run but he's probably a middle distance horse for next year, although he's not slow either as that was seven (furlongs) today. "He's going to progress into a nice horse. He's a massive big horse." The runner-up Reyenzi ($61) was some sort of run, out the back early by about 4-5 lengths, only to poke up the inside and only miss out on the victory by 0.75L. Reyenzi was chasing tail early, but he was still able to reel in four-mill boy Galveston ... and nearly the rest of them too (Image: TAB) Maybe Galveston spent all his tickets in the mounting yard ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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