Amazing debut sees horse win ‘doing handstands’ as odds instantly smashed for 2000 Guineas after monstrous win
COSMIC YEAR delivered one of the most devastating debuts in recent memory after running away with this Sandown contest.
Put in the 5-2 second favourite for a 7f contest after missing his intended first run last month, Oisin Murphy never had to seriously get to work to run out an easy six-and-a-half length winner.
The win was visually jaw-dropping.
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But it gets even better when you see that the beaten fav, 8-13 Rock d’Oro, had strong form having finished runner-up to subsequent Group 2 scorer Bay City Roller.
That horse was bought for mega money before his Doncaster win and is now rated 111.
Cosmic Year, who is by Kingman and out of Group 1-winning mare Passage Of Time, will have that mark – and much more – set in his sights.
The 33-1 Paddy Power offered for next year’s 2000 Guineas was immediately snapped up, while Coral went a more defensive 20-1.
You could still get 33-1 for the Derby, although Murphy said a mile is likely to be the target going forward.
Rock d’Oro’s trainer Ralph Beckett was one of those awestruck by Cosmic Year’s electrifying debut.
He said: “He’s pretty good, that winner. Rock d’Oro is a good yardstick. I’d say the winner is pretty smart.”
Punters were loving it, too, with one saying: “That was something very special from Cosmic Year.”
While another posted: “That was some debut by the Kingman colt, he’s got a proper pedigree and he’s won that doing handstands.”
More to follow.
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