Sentinel is the Juvenile champ as Janssens' Bear sets 500m TR

SLICK SENTINEL kicked off an amazing 20 minutes for trainer Patrick Janssens with his victory in the £5,000 Genco Group Juvenile Classic over 500m at Towcester followed immediately by a track record over the trip from kennelmate Barntick Bear.

The trap draw proved crucial in the feature with favourite Syd Zafiro moving left from five allowing 11-2 chance Slick Sentinel in six a lovely run to the bend which he fully capitalised on.

Crowding in behind at the opening bend left him well clear and, although Syd Zafiro battled gallantly, it was always likely to prove a vain pursuit and so it proved as Slick Sentinel scored by almost three lengths in 28.77sec.

The Keith Allsop-owned winner was having his final run in puppy company as he turns two-years-old on 1st August.

In the very next race, Janssens' Barntick Bear broke the three-way logjam on the 500m track record honours board with a brilliant 28.52sec victory, an improvement of six spots on the previous mark held by Droopys Clue, King Memphis and De Lahdedah.