Juvenile Watch: York, Bath and a trainer to follow

Absolutely no prizes for guessing this one, whatever metric you might choose to value a performance. Wild Blossom was wildly impressive when winning by a huge margin at Carlisle last Monday. 

It was a debut performance that was without fault. She travelled powerfully but professionally on the heels of the leader, relaxing despite racing in clear daylight. Approaching the two-furlong pole it was clear that her jockey James Doyle had plenty of horse under him and when asked to quicken the response was instant and explosive as she quickly shot two-lengths clear. Her attitude and powerful finish eventually drawing her ten-lengths clear of the favourite Crownbreaker, who had herself shown good debut form at Newmarket two-weeks earlier. 

Trainer, Karl Burke was winning this race for the second year in succession having won last years edition with Venetian Sun who then followed up with success in the Albany at Royal Ascot. 

It would be no surprise if Wild Blossom were to do the same at Royal Ascot, although her path appears to be heading towards the Queen Mary with jockey James Doyle post race comments pointing towards her speed as he told reporters "She's very speedy but she has a good temperament, she's very adaptable.....I'd say she was more Queen Mary than Albany." 

Now the 4/1 favourite for the Queen Mary I can certainly see her appeal particularly given that her temperament was given a good report post race, unlike Zelaina who represented the same connections in the Queen Mary last year but arrived with a questionable temperament. 

The only potential negative is whether she'd be as effective on faster ground but given her classy action that's a very minor concern. I'll sit in my hands for now but I'll need to see something very special in the next few weeks for her not to be my selection come 17th June.

A son of Saxon Warrior, he looked desperately in need of his debut experience at Bath. 

Slowly away, it took strong urging from jockey Finley Marsh to latch onto the bridle before he then showed further immaturity when running around when asked for his closing effort.

As a result, he found a good degree of interference in the closing stages. He did, though, show a nice change of gear and I liked how he stretched into the bridle. 

It might be that he needs a further bit of experience before really understanding his job, but regardless I'll be prepared to chance him on his next couple of starts. 

Was another to show immaturity on his debut. 

Running over six furlongs at York, he was slowly away and from there was always going to find things tough to navigate a passage through 14 other runners. 

When asked for his closing effort he was slow to respond but he did show some promising work late on. 

His yard do well with juveniles and he's sure to take a big step forward next time. 

Karl Burke trained an impressive 56 juvenile winners last season with his strike rate in this division hitting 33% in mid-June. 

Unlike last year, his juvenile team have been slightly slower to come to the boil, with the trainer referencing the changeable weather in early spring as the main contributing factor for this. 

The signs are, however, that they are now beginning to find their stride with three of his last four two-year old runners winning. In my book this makes his debut runners in this sphere of strong interest over the next month. 

Minzelle, a 450,000 guineas yearling purchase, is booked to run at Haydock on Friday. She boasts a speedy pedigree and is owned by shrewd connections. Don't let the hithero disappointing record of sire Minzaal put you off as the dam has produced two precocious sorts already. Then on Saturday, the equally speedily-bred Possesive makes his debut at York. His sire Lucky Vega has enjoyed a good few winners in the last week and his dam was a winner at listed level in her own juvenile season.