Long range dart.
The ‘Minella’ prefix has had a real resurgence in the last month or so with several point winners, and a promising bumper winner tonight. The standout performer by far was Minella Premier, and at a time when prices had dipped, it was still no surprise he made 400,000 at the recent Goffs Spring Sale. There were plenty of impressive performances during the season, but he stood out above any of them. He will be trained by Henderson.
Obviously, someone must have asked the question, and Bet 365 have put him at 25/1. I don’t think that’s at all bad, particularly as most of last year’s bumper form didn’t appear that strong.
He’s by Shantou, and in general it’s a more speed than stamina pedigree (family of Captain Chris), but the full sister to his once-raced dam, was effective between 2m4f and 3m.