Yashin
Started 2025 with a bang when winning a slowly run, four-runner Group 3 at Ascot (2m, good to firm) in April; remote with ambitious targets on next three starts, followed by an upturn (sixth of 11) in 2m handicap at Chester in September but well beaten on Newmarket reappearance (1m6f) three weeks ago; hood and blinkers (he has tried other headgear) are now given a go.
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Ownership history
- Mizons, Bakers & LewittsCurrent
- Tom & Gerry Met Mickey Syndicateuntil 1 Apr 2025
- Gerard Byrneuntil 25 Aug 2021
Newest first. Dates mark when the horse left each owner.
Breeding
- Sire
- Churchill
- Dam
- Mirdhak
- Damsire
- Dansili
Trainer history
- CurrentMichael Bell
- 1 Apr 2025Mrs John Harrington
From the connections
“Yashin is imposing and should be getting better with age, but Kate Harrington did say he doesn't jump! He wasn't 100 per cent ready today and the Gold Cup needs to be considered. He's going to have to take on Kyprios, who has had the beating of him before, but after beating Coltrane today it's got to be an option. He'd have to go up another half mile but I don't see why he wouldn't get it. The Melbourne Cup could be on the agenda as well - Nick Bell, son and assistant to Michael.”
“Yashin will have to go up a bit to get to the Melbourne Cup, but he stays well and he has to have good ground. He probably likes going left-handed too. He was hung wide and keen all the way there. Shane said he really had no right to pick up and win like he did. I know it was only a short head but he was always getting there - Jessica Harrington, trainer”
“Yashin was good. We went from 1m to 1m4f and it probably looked a bit stupid but we knew after the last day that he really needed to go a distance There was no maiden coming up for him so when this three-year-old only handicap came up we thought this was where he should be, because we thought he was probably quite nicely handicapped - Jessica Harrington, trainer”
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