Fresh from his victory in Saturday's 3YO 'Dash' at Epsom, Blue Storm (GB) is now being primed to become a first Royal Ascot runner for his rising young trainer Gemma Tutty. The colt is from the first crop of Blue Point (Ire) – a former star of the royal meeting himself when pulling off a Group 1 double in the same week – and is set to run in the Palace of Holyroodhouse S.
“He's come out of it no problem at all, we just need to wrap him in cotton wool between now and Ascot,” said Tutty of Blue Storm's third career victory in the colours of Dave Lowe.
“Rossa [Ryan] gave him a fantastic ride, it was lovely to see him go and do that and it's very exciting to be going to Ascot on the back of a good win.
“Chester didn't work out for us but he had a bit of a blow that day and we knew he'd be absolutely spot on going into Epsom, as long as he could handle the track. We hoped he would; he's a very fast horse and we were hoping we could settle him down the hill but you don't know until you get there.”
She added of Blue Storm's owner, who has campaigned the classy sprinters Kachy (GB) and Sparks Fly (GB), “It's wonderful to have a good horse for Dave. It was a real compliment that he took a chance on me in my first season and it would be lovely to reward him for that.”
A former jockey, Tutty is in her third season as a trainer and already has 11 wins on the board from 22 horses to have raced this season.
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