Fendale

Fendale is a lightly raced 5-year-old gelding by multiple Group 1 winning stallion, Exceed and Excel, out of the outstanding Cheveley Park mare, Adorn.

Adorn was 4th in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes on only her third start, and is the dam of three winners from three runners with Fendale’s brothers, Saayer winning a Group 2 and Ornate coming 2nd in a Group 2.

Bought privately after not making his reserve in the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up sale in 2014, Fendale began his 2-year-old career in flawless fashion winning his first two races at Beverley and Musselburgh.   He ran next in the Group 2 Gimcrack at York, but ran disappointingly and then came a very unlucky 5th in the Harry Rosebary Listed Stakes at Ayr where he was trapped on the rail and unable to get out.

Fendale has not won since his first two starts but has developed into a useful 6f Saturday horse, capable of mixing it at the highest level.

He ran an excellent 2nd to the improving Classic Seniority in the 2016 Ayr Bronze Cup. The plan for 2017 is to get his head in front early to fill him with confidence and we can then look forward to racing him in the big handicaps.