Time Greyhound Nutrition Juvenile Preview- March On Freddie

With a career record of 18 runs and 12 victories, March On Freddie will be looking to add in the Juvenile at Towcester on Sunday Afternoon

A September 22 whelp out of Dorotas Wildcat x Seaglass Shadow, March On Freddie made his debut on 9th February at Clonmel and what a debut it was, making all the running to score by 8 ½ lengths in a time of 28.44 (-10), a time which was fractionally outside the top ten fastest times of the year for the 525y course.

Having suffered a first round exit of the Con & Annie Kirby Memorial in when finding plenty of trouble in running, he then came across the Irish Sea to join the Dave Mullins kennel and having had his qualifying trials, he made his UK debut at Romford on 3rd May, and it was a winning one, leading off the last bend to score in 24.09 by 3 ¼ lengths for the 400m course.

Then, having had a couple of runs at Hove in late May over 500m, the first of which saw him record an impressive 9 ½ length victory in 28.98, a time which saw him break into the top into the top ten fastest times of 2024, he then contested his first competition, the ARC Puppy Cup at Sunderland in June over 450m. Having stayed on well to finish runner behind Keefill Maverick in the heats, he exited at the Semi Final stage behind that rival again when finding trouble in running.

Following a few weeks off, Nottingham was next on the agenda and lined up for the Jenningsbet Puppy Classic over 500m in August. Here, he was nothing short of sensational, when landing two Trial Stakes, the heat, Semi Final and the Final itself, making all the running on all five occasions with the smallest winning margin a mere 5 ¼ lengths. Not only did he scoop the £12,500 winners prize, but he also produced a track record in his Semi Final when recording a time of 29.00 (pictured below) When you bear in mind the amount of quality runners that have ran round Nottingham over the years, this was some performance.

As a result, connections decided to send March On Freddie back over to Ireland and Shelbourne Park for a crack at the BoyleSports Irish Derby in October. Having won in the first and second rounds in impressive fashion, he was to exit the competition at the Semi Final stage when finding trouble rounding the opening bends, when beaten by Cheap Sandwiches in late November.

That as it turned out would be his last action of 2024 but returned good as ever in 2025. Having moved well in trials at Romford and Towcester, he returned to the scene of his previous competition win, Nottingham, and made a winning comeback when winning by 4 ¼ lengths in 29.89.

The ARC Kent Plate at Central Park was to be the next target in March over 491m, and having won on his first two visits at the track, he was then beaten in a Trial Stakes by King Memphis, but caught the eye in defeat when coming from off the pace to finish a good runner up.

March on Freddie then won both heat and Semi Final, taking up the lead rounding the final bends on both occasions, recording a fast 28.67 (-20) latterly which is the fourth fastest time at the Kent track this year but was unable to land a second Category One title, when finishing runner up behind Proper Heiress, staying on well having found plenty of trouble rounding the opening bends

He has since taken in a trial at Towcester and recorded 28.71 (+10) for the 500m trip

Verdict: With Proper Heiress inside in Trap 4 highly likely to be heading towards the rails when the traps open, then it looks as though March On Freddie may have plenty of room to operate in round the opening bends which should suit him and his style of running. He has shown his class before when coming from off the pace to score and will probably need to repeat those tactics again here.

He may not have the early pace of some of his rivals, but he is likely to be finishing best of all out wide and if the front runners were to tangle up at the opening or even the final bends, then he could suddenly come into play and you would certainly be able to find worse 10/1 shots than March On Freddie on the card