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Lordan & Alkazim live up to their billing

Published at Jun 27, 2012, 18:58

Job done for Wayne Lordan & Alkazim at Naas
© Photo Healy Racing

Odds-on punters, sickened by the eclipse of Nurpur in the opener, got a little back if they were brave enough to invest again when Alkazim convincingly landed the Follow Naas Racecourse On Facebook Maiden.

Taking a marked dropped in grade and trip, the Irish Guineas 8th, in possession of a 102 official rating, was never far from the pace under Wayne Lordan. When asked to go about his business from a furlong down he stretched on to comfortably beat Regal Power by three and a half lengths.

Lordan sported the silks of Mohammed Kazem Al-Ansari (from Qatar) here, colours carried to victory by David Wachman's charge, Amira's Prince at the Curragh back in March.

Wachman also trains Alkazim and he said: "He'll go back into Group company now. He's always shown loads of pace. Six, seven or a mile is no problem to him.

"He ran quite well in the Guineas. He wouldn't want the ground any slower than that." (GC & EM)

Follow Naas Racecourse On Facebook M'dn €10,000.00 6f

1st

Alkazim (IRE) (8)

2/5Fav

Tote €1.30 €1.02

2nd

3.5L

Regal Power (GB) (13)

6/1

€1.60

3rd

2L

Via Ballycroy (IRE) (11)

6/1

€1.60

4th

3.5L

Rominintheglomin (IRE) (2)

33/1

Ireland Jockeys Trainers Wayne Lordan David Wachman

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