Godolphin Seven Stars Competition

I enter the competition on www.godolphin.com every year, but never seem to do very well :o) They have made it more complicated over the last couple of years, with all this active and non-active horses rubbish! Very annoying! Just thought I'd share my choices this year:

Blackat Blackitten
Blue Ksar
Creachadoir
Eastern Anthem
Filios
Happy Boy
Ibn Khaldun
Literato
Moon Quest
Numaany
Ramonti
Rio De La Plata
The Illies
West Wind

Three of these I already follow in my ToF stables: Eastern Anthem, Filios and Ibn Khaldun, so obviously I couldn't leave them out!

Eastern Anthem was very disappointing for me last year, as I adored his dam Kazzia, who won the 1,000 Guineas and the Epsom Oaks, and expected big things from him. He still might be something and I hope he will bloom this year. Filios has been a decent handicap horse last year and made his first start at Nad Al Sheba after a seven-month absence. He did not very well at all, but as it was his first start back I sure hope he will get to his old level and even better. The guys at Godolphin must have seen something in him. He is by Kutub, who was a triple G1 winner for Godolphin. Ibn Khaldun is my main hope for the classics next year. He really ran very well last year and I think he is still underrated. As far as I can tell generally Rio De La Plata is considered to be Godolphin's main classic hope, but my eye is definitely on the chestnut son of Dubai Destination. He is a very professional genuine colt and he should definitely be a contender.

As for the rest of my choices, some of them are obvious ones and others are bigger gambles.
My active horses for Challenge I, which runs from 29 March till 31 May are:

- Blackat Blackitten
- Blue Ksar
- Filios
- Ibn Khaldun
- Moon Quest
- Rio De La Plata
- West Wind

Let's just hope I picked the right 7!

Fingers crossed - some toes as well!

(Eastern Anthem (IRE) - 2004 bay colt - Singspiel x Kazzia, by Zinaad)
(Filios (IRE) - 2004 bay colt - Kutub x Karlinaxa, by Linamix)
(Ibn Khaldun (USA) - 2005 chestnut colt - Dubai Destination x Gossamer, by Sadler's Wells)