Addosh

Deva Racing is proud to present shares for sale in the six-year-old black-type mare Addosh, set to go into training with James Owen in Newmarket. The daughter of The Gurkha is a fabulously consistent and versatile performer, with three wins to her credit over hurdles and one on the Flat.

Originally trained by Hugo Palmer, she was second in a Newcastle novice on her second racecourse appearance before filling the same spot in a Yarmouth nursery on her third start, both over 7f. She maintained her consistent profile until winning a 1m Thirsk handicap in the spring of her three-year-old season, defying a mark of 67 in the process.

Subsequently offered for auction at the Tattersalls July Sale, she found her way to the NH yard of Buckinghamshire-based Stuart Edmunds and made her debut over timber in August 2021.

Runner-up at Stratford on that occasion, she only had to wait a month to open her account over obstacles, coming from last to first to win a juvenile hurdle at Market Rasen in ready fashion. That earned her a tilt at the Listed Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle at Wetherby in October, a prestigious and informative contest, where she was travelling like the winner until unseating her rider three out.

The winner, Porticello, went on to win the Gr.1 Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow just two months later, confirming the high level of the form.

Addosh continued to struggle with her jumping for a time after that, but continued to show bundles of talent. She fell at the last in a Gr.2 juvenile hurdle at Cheltenham when still in contention for at least a place, then fell at the final flight in a Listed hurdle at Aintree.

Given a break and wind surgery after that effort, she returned to win another juvenile hurdle at Huntingdon in March 2022, then finished third in the Gr.3 handicap for juvenile fillies at the Cheltenham April meeting, earning valuable black-type in the process. Another success followed at Stratford two starts later, where she demolished her rivals in a 2m handicap hurdle by six lengths.

She has failed to add to that victory in June 2022 but consequently looks very well-handicapped on a mark of 97 over hurdles. Equally, a flat rating of 60 massively underestimates her ability. Addosh has joined a trainer with the ability to transform the fortunes of horses he receives from other stables, and she looks a prime candidate for revitalisation given her extremely smart historical form.