Camden Tino clocked a double track record at Portmarnock last weekend taking his heat on Saturday evening in a comfortable margin of seven lengths in 2: 02.6 from Rhyds Design and a repeat performance on Sunday taking the prestigious Ladbrokes Vincent Delaney Memorial 2 Yr Old Final in a time of 2:01.9 and the richest ever 2 yr old purse of €10,000.
Bred in North Yorkshire at Mick Wellings Camden Stud this 2 year old son of Yankee Lariat out of a Camluck mare So Hip It Hurts is owned by Belfast man Eamon Crane, trained in Yorkshire by John Gill and expertly driven by Vicky Gill one of Britain’s leading lady drivers.
The atmosphere in Portmarnock last weekend was electric in the build up to this final Camden Tino drawing a poor position on the outside of the second line had it all to do never finding the rail had to be content parked out for the entire trip. The late supplement Frisco Blue Moon drew pole position in the final and made the early running with Andrew Cairns and looked all a winner at the three quarters. Leaving the back straight for the final time Cairns had a two to three lengths advantage as Vicky Gill produced a devastating late surge on the outside on the stretch drive for home as Patrick Kane loomed on the inside with Ayr Regal, at the wire it was Camden Tino by a neck from Ayr Regal and Frisco Blue Moon.
The Ladbrokes Vincent Delaney Memorial 2 Yr Old is now cast in stone as one of the majors, carrying a total race fund in 2013 of €19,000. With proposed changes to the structure in 2014 an exciting new format will now consist of a series of heats throughout the UK and Ireland with a guaranteed prize fund of €30,000.
