Louie The Legend and Dapper Gee Gee finish one-two in a Chepstow maiden (Picture: via meta)
Dylan Cunha continues to make waves in the U.K. and after a good third in a big handicap at York last week with his Brocklesby-winning two-year-old Sensorium, he scored an exacta in a seven furlong maiden for two-year-olds at Chepstow today (Monday) with two cheap buys, one of whom was making his debut.
The Make Believe colt Louie The Legend was bought at the Tattersalls September Sale for £8,000 and went off at 7/2 today in a 16 horse field on the turf, having finished fourth and second respectively in two previous seven furlong events on the Newcastle and Chelmsford All Weather tracks.
The Ardad colt Dapper Gee Gee was bought at the Tattersalls December foal Sale for £15,000 in 2022 and then for £16,000 at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale last year. However, he was unsold at the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale this year, before apparently being purchased into the Cunha yard for a mere £3,000.
Louie The Legend was backed in from an opening call of 5/1.
He was prominent early and led narrowly three furlongs out. He was then pushed along and hung left under pressure two furlongs out. However, he kept on well to win by three-qarters of a length under Ray Dawson.
Dapper Gee Gee opened at 28/1 before touching 20/1 and starting at 22/1.
He was midfield in the running before making headway over two furlongs out. He pressed the leaders a furlong out and went second in the final 110 yards and then ran on under George Wood. He should be in the winner’s enclosure soon.
Cunha has now had 39 wins in all in the U.K., having started out with two horses about two years ago.
