Promising juveniles line up in Racing Post Trophy

With Toormore finished for the season, Saturday's Group 1 Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster

is up for grabs, with Paul Smith's supplemented Kingston Hill defending an unbeaten record. Green on debut over seven furlongs at Newbury September 21, the gray was still showing signs of immaturity when adding the Autumn Stakes over this

one-mile trip at Newmarket last time October 12, and trainer Roger Varian has

taken the plunge.

"Kingston Hill has done nothing wrong and I have been very happy with his

condition since he won the Autumn Stakes

two weeks ago," he said. "The trip and ground should be fine

and, although this is another step up, I am confident that he

will be there or thereabouts."

Aidan O'Brien has been the go-to guy when looking for the winner of this in

recent times, having supplied that in three of the last four renewals. His last

two, Camelot and Kingsbarns, had a similar profile to the stable's supplemented

Century, who

scored on debut at the Curragh October 13. Impressive on that occasion,

he is joined by the maiden Johann Strauss and wide-margin Tipperary scorer Buonarroti.

In a strong

renewal, Godolphin runs the similarly supplemented Pinzolo, who is

two-for-two after taking part in the August 16 Newmarket maiden won by Motivator

and Frankel

and Newbury's Haynes, Hanson & Clark Conditions Stakes September 20.

"Pinzolo has

physically come on from his win at Newbury and he's a middle-distance prospect for next

season, so stamina will not be a concern," Charlie Appleby commented. "He is one of our

better two-year-old colts and I am hopeful of a good run."

Toormore's trainer Richard Hannon

supplies Middleham Park Racing's unbeaten Chief Barker, who beat the subsequent Fillies' Mile winner Chriselliam in the Ascendant Stakes

over a mile at Haydock last time September 7.

"Doncaster have had more than 12 millimeters of

rain this week, so inevitably the ground will be slow, so we have decided to run Chief Barker

and not Toormore, who will now be put away until next year, when he will have a Guineas

preparation," Hannon explained.

"Toormore is all class but his speed would be blunted by

soft ground, whereas Chief Barker, a good horse in his own right, is more the grinder, so

arguably better suited to the testing conditions."

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