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A lowdown on the top ten under 10s – the mega stables of tomorrow

Week in, week out we hail the achievements of the big names in virtual horse racing but what about the smaller and newer stables who are set to become the successful yards of the future. This week, in a change of tact, I’m going to focus on ten stables who have 10 wins or less to date and explain why they could yet become household names!

1. Name: WINDRUSH STABLE 
Date Joined: May 23rd 
Number of wins: 9 
Top horse: Iron Monkey (bought in a claimer from Lloyds Longshots), 3 year old colt, grade 2, 7 wins (3 graded, 4 rated) 
Last stable win: Monday, June 27th – Extra Broke in a race for maiden juvenile grade 3 fillies in England.

Reason to be hopeful: The acquisition of Iron monkey shows this stable owner has a good eye for quality. While his win to run ratio isn’t amazing (1 in 7) he’s still earned £174 in his short career and that earning potential is all important for a new yard starting off, learning to walk before you can run and all that. Another reason for great hope is the only grade one animal in the yard. ‘Arabic waffles’ came from the shotgun_mike stable so he comes with a great pedigree. It may seem like a Chelsea player signing for Barnet but it could be the key to turning this stable into a major force.

2. Name: OWEN RACING 
Date joined: June 17th 
Number of wins: 2 
Top horse: Premier Amour (1 graded win so far and a brilliant name) 
Last stable win: Tuesday, June 28th – Daisy Dreamer in a free race for grade 3 fillies and colts 
Reason to be hopeful: Well trial and error is a key to finding your feet in this game. Sometimes harsh lessons have to be learned in the early days and to be fair to Owen Racing the yard is only up and running for just over a week! But by now it seems apparent that 2-year-old filly Domina Everton will not set the world alight. She’s won just once in 13 outings and as a die-hard Liverpool FC fan I can’t say I’m surprised! Call horses after the team in the red half in the city Owen Racing and you’ll fare much better!

3. Name: SHAKA ZULU STABLES 
Date joined: June 21st 
Number of wins: 4 
Top horse: Caesar Vodka (Bought from the Final Valley stable last Sunday for £9.15 this 2-year old grade 3 colt has three graded wins to his name) 
Last stable win: Monday, June 27th – Shaka Zulu Stream in a Novice race for juvenile fillies (grade 3) 
Reason to be hopeful: Well the South African silks are a winner straight off. As well as that the Shaka Zulu stable appear to be busy preparing their charges for the coming weeks and months. In terms of new stables few appear to be as fit as this one. Already there are 16 horses in the yard and while none jump out at you as being word beaters you can be sure they’ll go into races at peak fitness.

4. Name: DUBAI FIELD RANCH 
Date joined: June 6th 
Number of wins: 6 
Top horse: Stez (named after the stable that sold him ie. Stez, this 2-year-old colt has bags of potential with 3 graded wins and one claimer victory to his name) 
Last stable win: Monday, June 27th – Oscar Cruz in a free grade 3 race for colts and fillies.

Reason to be hopeful: There’s no doubt but that the introduction of Stez to this stable can help it kick on. While the likes of Mark the Mighty and Derby Shadow have threatened much they’re still faltering in the delivery stakes. Of the 12 horses in this stable four of those are grade ones with Absolute Aim appearing to be the handiest of these, watch this space!

5. Name: EAST CITY 
Date joined: May 29th 
Number of wins: 8 
Top horse: Born G3 (this 4-year-old grade 3 filly has had four owners in her career and over that time picked up 11 graded wins. Came to East City on June 10th.) 
Last stable win: Monday, June 27th – Liamz in a Novice race for Juvenile colts in England.

Reason to be hopeful: Should the only grade one in the yard Canadian Empire finally come good then East City could be in the money but at the moment at least the 3-year-old filly is not setting the world alight. Gage roads came from the Hermitage Kennels at the end of May and to be fair to him you can’t fault his work rate. On June 23rd he picked up a nice A Division race for 4-7 year old colts in England and has the potential to add to his current career earnings of £186.

6. Name: COSMIC KIDS FARMS 
Date Joined: June 14th 
Number of wins: 4 
Top horse:Swedish Sandwich (Acquired in a claimer back on June 17th this 2-year old filly has collected 3 graded wins and if she can build up some consistency could be a valuable asset) 
Last stable win: Sunday, June 26th – What A Hoot decimated a full field in England to win a progress race for juvenile fillies (grade 3)

Reason to be hopeful: I think the Cosmic Kids farm has actually done a good job of holding onto young horses with potential while adding to them with horses of some proven experience. Now the likes of Swedish sandwich and Stan Marsh are average at best but if they can pick off a result in three or four races it will pay for the newer charges to be blooded. Nice stable this and once it remains organised and focussed I can see it going far.

7. Name: GOYTRE CLYDACH 
Date Joined: June 20th 
Number of wins: 2 
Top horse: Goytre (Won two graded and one free race so far, this 2-year-old colt has been out almost every day since he first entered the yard) 
Last stable win: Friday, June 24th – With Charlie Saxon in the saddle Goytre picked up a nice win in this Novice race for juvenile colts.
Reason to be hopeful: Well for one this is a proud Welsh stable and you can be sure all the Irish and Scots will be rooting for you at least, even if the ones in the middle may not!! Seriously though that geographical spread is one reason why this site works so well and long may it last. The Goytre Clydach yard is kind of at that stage at the moment of asking itself should I stay or should I go? Well from what I can see staying would be the wisest option, Clydach 2, Goytre and Clydach Home are all horses with earning potential if you ask me. But then again what do I know…………….

8. Name: SHIROUTO NO KYUUSHA 
Date joined: May 13th 
Number of wins: 5 
Top horse:Girl4me (Strolled over from the Strollers yard at the end of May but the 3-year-old filly is still waiting for her first win with her new stable.)

Last stable win: Saturday, June 25th – We Do Not Sow had half a length to spare ahead of White Silo from the Owen Racing yard in this Maiden race for juvenile colts (grade 3) in England. 
Reason to be hopeful: The short term success of the Shirouto No Kyuusha stable may depend on the form of its only grade one challenger named Casido De Oreilla. Bought from the Kegart stable on June 20th this 2-year-old has shown promise but his best performance so far was back on May 25th when he finished third in a £30.50 Capped WFA race for 2-7 year old colts in Hong Kong in a full field. Finding the right races for Casido may be the stable’s biggest problem. And given his recent past Shirouto will also be hoping that recent recruit Crusader can add to the two graded wins he picked up with former stable Billie B.

9. Name: MAGISTIC LODGE 
Date Joined: June 23rd 
Number of wins: 7 
Top horse: Magistic Star (With two wins in his last four races this 2-year-old colt is certainly heading in the right direction) 
Last stable win: Monday, June 27th – Virtual German jockey Wolfgang Schmidt guided Magistic Skye home in this Progress race for juvenile fillies (grade 3) in the USA with plenty to spare.

Reason to be hopeful:Packed with grade 3 two-year-olds the Magistic lodge yard will be hoping to pull a monster from the sales ring the next time they go fishing. While most of the charges in house at the moment may not make it keep an eye out for Magistic Skye who’s always been there or there abouts come race end thus far.

10. Name: OLIVIA 
Date joined: June 23rd 
Number of wins: 1 
Top horse:Boston two step (Well this 2-year-old filly won on her first race emerging from a strong field of 11 to take a novice race for juvenile fillies in the U.S of A.

Last stable win: See above

Reason to be hopeful: A beautiful name - for a stable I’ve a good feeling about, the same kind of feeling you get when you walk into a casino and tell yourself you’re going to walk away with money tonight! This is still a small stable but to be fair it hasn’t even been on the go a week yet. It’ll be interesting to monitor the progression of Olivia’s grade one filly called Kentmere King. If she can make waves then that could help the grade 2 and 3 horses show what they’re made of.

TO ALL OUR NEW OWNERS – THE VERY BEST OF LUCK – SEE YOU ON THE TRACK

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