The Independent - April 30th 2008

Dascombe tilts at 1,000 Guineas glory

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• Trainer Tom Dascombe at Bath races yesterday
  
  By Sue Montgomery
  
  
• Wednesday, 30 April 2008
  

By their very nature, the major contests on the Flat provide fairytale results far less frequently than their counterparts over jumps. Results at the Group One sharp end impact hugely on the bloodstock business that is the raison d'etre for top-level competition and for every Pam Sly there are twenty Aidan O'Briens. Which, really, is as it should be; if money did not reap overall rewards then there would be no investment and the house of cards would collapse.

But the door always remains ajar to the smaller operator. And in the 1,000 Guineas on Sunday, third-season trainer Tom Dascombe will take on the might of the likes of Ballydoyle, Godolphin and Cheveley Park Stud with cheaply-bought, unfashionably-bred Max One Two Three.

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