ABBADJINN MAKES OVERDOSE LOOK GOOD

ABBADJINN (38) won a good Listed sprint at Cologne in fast time. He would now be unbeaten in six starts at less than seven furlongs if he hadn't twice bumped into the Hungarian horse Overdose who has beaten him into second place both times - most recently by two and a half lengths in a Group 2.

With Overdose attempting to make it eleven wins from eleven starts in the Prix Abbaye this week, Abbadjinn's performance served a timely reminder of the Hungarian star's talent.

OVERDOSE IS THE REAL DEAL

The Hungarian sensation OVERDOSE (40) made it ten wins from ten starts when winning the Group 2 Goldene Peitsche at Baden-Baden. And he did it in style. He set a strong pace right from the start and had all his rivals at full stretch by halfway. In the final furlong he really piled on the pressure and began to surge right away in the style we've become accustomed to. But his jockey eased off in the closing stages and had time to jump up in the saddle and wave to the crowd - something you don't often see at the end of a sprint.

How good Overdose really is I cannot say at this stage. All I can say is that he ran a second per mile closer to my standard times than any other winner on a very good ten race card. I rated this just two lengths a mile off a Group 1 performance and he could almost certainly have run a fair bit faster. He has the build of a seven furlong horse to my eye but showed plenty of pace over the six furlongs here and has won over five. So I can see him running a big race in the Abbaye. I'll certainly be cheering him on as racing needs fairy tale horses like him.