Although his 4th placed finish in the Greenham at Newbury may be seen as a disappointment, there were some positives to take from the performance of GUBBASS. Having dwelt as the stalls opened, he was given time to recover by Ryan Moore and ran on very strongly to finish less than 3-lengths behind Perfect Power. A case can be made for that to be considered some of the strongest form on offer in this field and the return to Listed company, which looks to be the right grade, could be the key. Although it is just 13 days between the 2 starts, he ran well at Goodwood last July after a similar period of time between runs, so the gap shouldn’t cause any real concern. Mehmas has a strike rate of just 8.2% with his progeny when they are having their first start of the year, compared to 15.2% after at least one run, so he is entitled to improve on his Newbury effort and if he does, that could be enough to take this.
