There is a storm on Epsom – and not just with the weather.
While the rain will pour on the downs – and thunder and hail are predicted – there can be a tornado on the track.
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Al Wasl Storm is that the 150-1 outsider Bookies give no hope in winning the most prestigious flat race in the world.
But his owner Ahmad Al Shaikh, a Dubai businessman who likes to keep horses, knows exactly what is needed to plunder huge checks with bargain clarities.
And he did it earlier in the Derby.
Hoo Ya Mal was a 150-1 second in 2022 being brave second and secure his owner a check for £ 350,000 before sold him to Australia for £ 1.2 million.
A blinding piece of things like the horse has never improved that second place.
Khalifa was sitting second two years earlier at no less than 50-1, with already Shaikh launching a check for just north of £ 100,000.
When 25-1 Deira Mile and 50-1 Sayedaty Sadaty finished and fifth last year, the gravel Al Shaikh Epsom left a stunning £ 125,000 better.
In a world where horses are sold routinely for seven digits, Al Shaikh refuses to spend more than £ 80,000 – even though he and his Green Team surgery have combined in recent years to win £ 1 million.
For every purchase, he goes through their family trees themselves (with special attention to the third dam) and ensures that they match what he likes.
That brings us back to Al Wratl Storm.
Trained by Owen Burrows, the three -year -old foal was purchased for only £ 5,900 during the sale in November 2022.
He was last dead on debut in Newbury in April and then became second for colleague Derby Rogue Rogue Impact on Lingfield.
His last run was his best, won the 1M4F Derby trip on Chester and stayed well to the line.
The £ 20,616 Al Shaikh, under the banner of the Green Team, was fun there.
But it is an amazing £ 900,000 for winning the derby – and the potential in study costs as a result is practically unlimited.
As an example, the former Derby winner Galileo £ 600,000 would charge a cover at Stud before he died.
So while the will of Delacroix of Aidan O’Brien and Charlie Appleby’s ruling court lead the market, stay a praise and keep going down.
All the way to 150-1, where you can already find Wratl Storm.
History shows that he will avoid his chances.
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