Betting tips / The Early Crow / 29 November 2009 / Leave a comment Bet Now

Early season two-year-olds can attract undue attention in betting markets long before the big autumn races arrive, so it's best to be cautious when punting up on a likely prospect.

Corey Brown said the filly was “the most impressive juvenile” he’d ever won on – an extraordinary call from a jockey who, while never having ridden a Slipper winner, has ridden come pretty handy juveniles.

It happens every year. One of the top stables unearths a two-year-old in the early season that thrashes its rivals and runs good time.

On Saturday, the John O'Shea camp unearthed a very talented prospect by the name of Solar Charged. The filly gave her rivals a galloping lesson on Randwick's Kensington track, running the 1000 metres in a class record time of 57.97 seconds, the last 600 clocked in 35.05 seconds.

The win was no surprise, as the filly started as the solid favourite at 2.40 in the ring. But the comments of O'Shea and jockey Corey Brown went beyond the normal hype about an early season two-year-old.

O'Shea declared the filly was the best two-year-old he'd trained since her sire, Charge Forward.

O'Shea says he'll give Solar Charged a break now before a fully-fledged autumn campaign aimed at winning the Golden Slipper.

There are plenty of punters prepared to bark the chances of the filly in the autumn, but they should be wary of going the early crow on this one.

It is a very, very long road to the Slipper and it is impossible to assess just what the dozens of other top stables across Australia will unearth between now and the big race.

For a variety of reasons, including greenness, injury and maturity, many of the most talented two-year-olds won't even get to the track until well after the Slipper. Others will be produced at a late stage and come right into the mix.

Only those with inside knowledge of a stable can get any guide as to whether there is a genuine Slipper chance burning the turf behind the scenes.

While O'Shea's latest prospect does look a formidable racehorse in the making, it's best to wait until the big guns are unearthed closer to the big day before plunging on a likely prospect.