JOCKEY ANGLE with Paddy Flood: Next year's Guineas, this fella might just have that X-factor On this week's episode of ‘The Jockey Angle’, brought to you by William Hill, Paddy Flood selects a smashing ride from Tramore from Ian Power aboard Rattledelatch, a sweet win from Cork for Mark Walsh and a horse with the X-factor from Ballydoyle. Race replays are FREE to watch from all Irish tracks and a selection of premier British tracks sponsored by William Hill. Paddy Flood’s Analysis Group One action from Newmarket, the Darley Dewhurst Stakes. What a race it was, two really good colts going at it: Darkness Falls and Desert Castle. For me now, there wasn't a whole pile in this going into the race. Darkness Falls was backed so well in Leopardstown when he won over nine furlongs. I thought he must have been doing something very special at home for the money that came because, at the time, if you remember, Aidan's horses were a little bit hit and miss. There was a question mark over their fitness and their health. Darkness Falls stepping back to seven furlongs from nine furlongs, that takes a lot of doing. It's his first time in Newmarket too. Watch the Jockey Angle in Full We thought we had two pacemakers, but Darkness Falls pings the lid so well that he lands in a beautiful position. William Buick would have been very, very happy on Desert Castle, and the pacemaker there is going at a nice, even speed. What I really like is this is a Camelot colt called Darkness Falls, and he's coming back from nine to seven. Just have a look at how well he travels there in Ryan Moore's hands. The Camelots do stay, but this fella might just have that X-factor. He might just have that speed and stamina, and he just looks so straightforward to me that he could be a star. We're talking about Triple Crowns already. He's probably favourite for the Guineas. If you were to give me any horse at this stage of the year, I think I'd take this guy because Aidan's two-year-old colts maybe have been a bit hit and miss, and this guy hasn't. This guy has just kept improving. He's probably favourite for a Derby. He's probably favourite for the Guineas as well, but off of that performance, he deserves to be. The Dewhurst is always a really good race to gauge form from, and he's come through with flying colours. Next year's Guineas, he'd be the horse I'd love to be on.
