I Am I Said … C ( Almanzor x Tesoro )

[Might And Power]

Trained by Ralph Beckett

Late season two year old maidens & novice contests at Newmarket are usually races full of promise, with often a number of future winners lurking within. I Am I Said caused a fair shock when obliging in such a race, taking a one mile novices race in soft conditions in late October – beating another of the fifty, the Gosden trained Byblos by a comfortable looking four and a quarter lengths, with a further length and a quarter back to the Appleby trained odds on favourite Present Times. You couldn’t fail to be impressed by the performance, and I Am I Said will have went into many notebooks as one to follow for 2025. At the time of writing odds of 50/1 are available for the Epsom Derby, and while that may seem a little premature – it would be no surprise to see him develop into a pattern class performer. I would be fairly confident that he’d stay a mile and a quarter, but only time will tell if he has the stamina to contest the colts classic.

 

[chaumi]

One or two Almanzor's have done well at higher level and at 12f to 2 miles in Australia and France ( I think). In general, though, the numbers suggest they're more likely (if they have anything) to show up at listed/Class 2 levels. Given this one's with Beckett, it may well be possible he has a proper tool.

 

[luckyme]

I AM I SAID​

He was a big surprise when he won on debut. He worked it out for himself in the race. He hadn’t really shown that at home plus he had an away day as well. We hadn’t spotted it. Normally it would stand out on an away day, but sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes the best ones don’t show up on that first away day. He has done well over the winter and is quite forward. He has done a couple of pieces of work, just easy stuff. He will run in a Derby trial in five or six weeks time and he will be ready for one.