Gr.2 winner for UBETTABELIEVEIT!
The ultra tough TOKAIDO kept up his winning streak when winning the Gr.2 Prix Robert Papin at Chantilly, making it 4 wins on the bounce. It was almost like a racecourse gallop, but he’ did it very well. What a moment for the Amy Murphy team!
Now a dual Group winner, the Ubettabelieveit gelding was bred by Mickley Stud and Tim and Miranda Johnson and sold to Stroud Coleman and Amy Murphy for £58,000.
For Tokaido’s owners, Anoj Don and Daniel Macauliffe, this win marked the halfway point in a six-race plan they devised with bloodstock agent Matt Coleman. Race four will be at York. And if things go to plan, Tokaido will head to Keeneland in the autumn for the Breeders’ Cup, where he will compete for $1 million (£740,000) in the Juvenile Turf or the Juvenile Turf Sprint.
Trainer Amy Murphy feels very lucky to have found him and is grateful to the owners for sending him to her.
According to his jockey, Tony Piccone, TOKAIDO is a real champion – he can go in front, or he can wait. He’s very easy and good in his head. “He came like a champion, I didn’t ask for everything. He won easy.”
Congratulations to all connections!
