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Kiaraad - 15:15 Beverley
Smart Stat: £24.50 - Ismail Mohammed's profit to a £1 level stake when having one runner at a Flat meeting
Kiaraad shaped well amidst greenness when filling the runner-up spot on his debut at Lingfield a couple of weeks ago, making good late headway once the penny dropped to pass the post just a length and a quarter behind the winner. That was a promising start to his career and he seems sure to take a big step forward with the experience under his belt. Hondo sets a fairly useful standard in this maiden, but Kiaraad is fancied to improve past that rival to get off the mark at the second time of asking, making the long journey from Newmarket a worthwhile one for the Ismail Mohammed team.
Dream of Mischief - 19:50 Newbury
Smart Stat: 32% - Jim Crowley's strike rate when riding one runner at a Flat meeting
Dream of Mischief looked unlucky not to win when finding one too good on his latest outing at Goodwood, doing very well under the circumstances to be beaten just half a length having met trouble from three furlongs out. He stayed on well once finally getting a gap inside the final furlong, but the damage had already been done and he could never quite get on terms. That was still a career-best effort and Dream of Mischief remains one to be interested in from just a 1 lb higher mark, with the drop back to seven furlongs unlikely to be an issue if he can avoid trouble this time under Jim Crowley.
Songo - 20:05 Newton Abbot
Smart Stat: 23% - Harry Cobden's strike rate at Newton Abbot
Songo showed just modest form in three completed starts over hurdles back in 2020/21, but that might be good enough here in what looks a very weak novice event on paper. He should prove capable of better somewhere down the line judged on his fairly useful Flat form and his latest fifth at Goodwood was as good an effort as he's ever produced in that sphere. Trained by Milton Harris, who has his team in good nick (72% of horses running to form), Songo is the right favourite with the booking of Harry Cobden also catching the eye at a track where he's enjoyed plenty of success in recent years.
