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Today's Racing :

De Kock & Shea's Warsaw concerto

Warsaw made the perfect start to his career with trainer Mike de Kock at Kempton on Monday in circumstances rather different than those he has been accustomed to.

During a two-year-old season with the mercurial Aidan O'Brien, the Danehill Dancer colt won a Listed race at the Curragh before struggling in Group company - although finishing adrift of New Approach, Henrythenavigator, Fleeting Spirit and Saoirse Abu was not exactly a disgrace.

Warsaw is now temporarily housed in Newmarket as part of the South African trainer's European squad and made his first appearance for 346 days in the six-furlong Betdaq The Betting Exchange Handicap.

Trying blinkers on this occasion, he was a generous 16-1 in a reasonable-looking event but class told and Warsaw proved too strong for Ebraam in the closing stages.

De Kock's only previous British winner was when his stable flagbearer Archipenko, another transferred from O'Brien, took the Summer Mile at Ascot.

"Kempton's great - the surface is good and a couple of the other jocks said that was quite a tough race," said rider Kevin Shea.

"This isn't one of our best ones - he's done one or two nice pieces of work but not much.

"We know where we are with him now and I'm quite excited both for him and for some of our other horses. I'm sure there will be some good prizes for him at the Dubai winter carnival." - Sporting Life

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