Sabine Crowe's 5 horses to watch this season

In a prior blog I did an interview with Sabine Crowe- travelling head lass at Declan Carroll's stable. These are the horse's Sabine would watch from his yard.

1) Jus Pires- He's believed to be well handicapped and a recent wind op has only accentuated his ability. The gelding has had 3 winners from 13 runs and numerous placings too. The majority of his best runs have come on all-weather but he's versatile.

2) Tweet Tweet- She's currently an unraced filly with an alleged fast turn of foot. Sabine says she's "lightning quick". There's a big hope with will translate on to the track. This two-year-old is still not had any entries as of yet. Maybe one to put in your tracker.

3) Trinity Lake- in the best fitness of his life. This full brother to Titus a Sky Bet handicap winner which Declan also trainer won first time out last season. But seemed to peter off, there's a belief that this will transform. The bay gelding likes good and soft ground so as of yet has run once and looked better for the run. I was impressed with the transformation I saw within the horse.

4) Sommer Katz- Undeniable form 2 wins and one second. The gelding has the official rating of 75 and there's hope that this will allow room for improvement. This Frank Gillespie owned bay has not yet been raced this year. But the turn of pace shown and the level of success suggests that this horse could be an interesting one this year.

5) Rock Sound- He's raring to go already building on his form from last season. The Lope De Vega gelding has great form since going to Declan's yard being placed in every run. It will be interesting to see if this all-weather form transfers onto the turf and see what the plan for this talented horse is.

An extra horse to watch is Music Seeker. This York winner is a favourite of Sabine's and he's in great form which was shown by his first run back this season being a narrow second. He has consistent form and always tries.

Additionally, Declan has an incredible strike rate with two-year-olds and any of these should not be discredited. Over the past five years on the turf with two-year-olds, he has a 15% strike rate. This is impressive considering the number of horses he has and they have gone on to win some big races. For example, Santry who won two competitive races at Doncaster and York and a close second at Ascot.