Pocket Dynamo (Dialed In), second by only a nose in the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot for owner Thomas Morley behind Shang Shang Shang (Shanghai Bobby), has been acquired by Phoenix Thoroughbreds. The Robert Cowell trainee will point to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint as a long term goal.
“Pocket Dynamo showed brilliance when just missing by a nose in the five-furlong Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot, and we believe he will be perfectly suited to the new Breeders' Cup race for 2-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs,” said Phoenix Thoroughbreds founder Amer Abdulaziz. “The colt will remain with his trainer, Robert Cowell, in England.”
The juvenile was purchased by Cowell for $35,000 at Keeneland September after selling for $20,000 as a KEENOV weanling. Runner-up at Brighton in April after a slow beginning, the colt won a Chelmsford all-weather contest by a length on May 3 and found the ParisLongchamp turf to his liking on May 13.
“Wesley Ward's horse [Shang Shang Shang] is quite useful, and we were giving her weight, so I think we can be very excited about the future,” said Cowell, who noted the colt holds an entry in the Aug. 24 G1 Coolmore Nunthorpe S. at York. “[Pocket Dynamo] is in great form. He is just a ball of fun and he is bright and sparky every morning. The [G3] Molecomb at Goodwood [on Aug. 1] is another race on the agenda and there is also the [G1] Prix Morny [at Deauville on Aug. 19]. His race at Royal Ascot was the quickest of three 2-year-old races over five furlongs, so we can take some credit in that fact.”
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