By Tom Frary
Tweenhills Stud's first-crop sire Kameko (by Kitten's Joy) was off the mark on Wednesday as his son Wimbledon Hawkeye (GB) captured Kempton's seven-furlong novice for the Gredley Family who could be in for a big weeekend. Sent off at 28-1, the James Owen-trained son of the useful Eva Maria (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) was chased along early by Callum Shepherd behind the leading trio. Getting into gear in the straight, the homebred edged ahead of Ingot (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}) approaching the furlong pole and stayed on strongly to account for that son of the G1 Falmouth S., G1 Sun Chariot S. and G2 Duke of Cambridge S. winner Integral (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) by a neck.
The first foal out of the dam, Wimbledon Hawkeye is a grandson of the Listed Chesham S. winner Whazzat (GB) (Daylami {Ire}) whose James Garfield (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) captured the G2 Mill Reef S. and G3 Greenham S. and was second in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. From the family of Invincible Spirit (Ire) et al, Eva Maria's yearling colt is by Mohaather (GB).
Nice debut from the James Owen-trained Wimbledon Hawkeye (Kameko) who serves up an ace in the @UnibetRacing Interactive Novice Stakes ✅ pic.twitter.com/BDL26SJOHp
— Kempton Park Racecourse (@kemptonparkrace) May 29, 2024
5th-Kempton, £9,900, Novice, 5-29, 2yo, 7f (AWT), 1:27.12, st/sl.
WIMBLEDON HAWKEYE (GB) (c, 2, Kameko–Eva Maria {GB}, by Sea The Stars {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $6,823. O-The Gredley Family; B-Stetchworth & Middle Park Studs Ltd (GB); T-James Owen.
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