Spring Season Racing Odds: A Bright Future For Kourkam
August 12th, 2014 by Pom de TurfTrainer Tony McEvoy has a couple of emerging talents on his hands that will be making their first inroads into Australian racing in the 2014 Spring Season, and they’ll no doubt start appearing in those Racing odds at the end of the link there – especially if they produce the sort of results that their potential suggests they can. One of them is Martian, who we’ve already highlighted in these pages (read about his Australian debut in prospect here), and the other is developing stayer Kourkam.
Kourkam made something of a name for himself with some strong runs in France without producing a win, showing enough to catch McEvoy’s eye. He subsequently made his Australian debut with a win in the Camp Quality Plate at the end of January before suffering disappointment over 2000m in the TAB Rewards handicap in February. In spite of that run, McEvoy seems upbeat about the prospects both for Martian and for Karkoum: ‘I think that he has the qualifications and I really like him. I have gelded him now and he has grown and strengthened and done magnificently during his break. He is a similar style to Martian and he is now galloping and getting ready to race in September. I will be looking for the answers from those horses and they will tell me where they need to be placed. In my mindset, my job would be to get their ratings up this year and then they would be looking to have a big autumn and next spring is when they would be looking to be at their best.’
So keep an eye on the Racing odds for this Spring for these two coming on, and definitely with next year’s Melbourne Spring in mind!
- 2023
- 2022
- - June
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2000