20:30 Newmarket
Thursday 18 May 2017
All17:5018:2018:5019:2520:0020:30
RacingUK Now Live On Youview 231 Handicap
- 3YO only  |  Class 4  |  1m  |  Soft  |  9 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 20:36Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 1m 42.93s
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Impressive Doncaster maiden winner towards the end of last season and shaped like she needed the run on her most recent effort at Ascot. Should give a better account here and trainer won this last year.
Improved on all three starts last year, finishing up beating a (slightly) more fancied stablemate at Chepstow on rain-softened ground (officially good to firm). May have needed comeback run and adept on slower ground so the step up in trip is the main question mark. Trainer won this last year.
Wide-margin winner of a Chepstow maiden last September but the form of that race is not working out well, and he has been well beaten on all his other starts. Tries a mile for the first time here but unlikely that the step up in trip will bring about the required improvement.
Finished last year in fine order with a hat-trick and likely to have needed his comeback run. Should do better here in first-time cheekpieces and trainer and jockey have a fine record when teaming up at this course (26.67%)
Won both of his starts at Leicester to date. Form of his latest win has been franked by the only horse to have run since the race but slower ground will be a bit of a question mark. Trainer and jockey have a 18.75% strike-rate when teaming up (27-144).
Soft ground winner at Newbury in September and not disgraced at that same course on seasonal reappearance. Form of that race looks rock solid and he should go well for last year's winning trainer of this.
Overcame a bad break to win at Newcastle two starts back when they went slow early and he was able to catch up. Unable to overcome a poor start last time though and has a bit to prove now.
A promising second on his debut over 7f here but didn't back that up on the AW until dotting up at Newcastle in January. Hard to predict sort who ran no sort of race on comeback at Bath. Unproven on slower ground and probably best watched this time around.
Habitual slow starter whose best effort somewhat unsurprisingly came on the only occasion he broke well. Effort last time at Yarmouth proves he's talented and on a good mark but probably not one to put too much faith in.
Non-Runners
1
(8)
Marzouq28
Weight: 9-7|Â Â Age: 3
T: J Noseda  J: David Egan
NR
Forecasts
Warrior's Spirit (5/2), Ocean Air (5/2), Fire Brigade (7/2), Marzouq (13/2), Fleeting Motion (9/1), Doctor Bartolo (11/1), Trading Punches (16/1), Rashford's Double (16/1), Native Soldier (20/1), Sterling Silva (33/1)
Richard Hannon won this last year and he runs three in this year's renewal with Fleeting Motion his most likely winner. She shaped like she needed her comeback run and her win at Doncaster towards the end of last year was impressive. RASHFORD'S DOUBLE could be the one to side with though; he was highly progressive when rattling off a hat-trick last season and he should resume progress here. Ocean Air is a danger to all if he takes to the softer ground.
- Rashford's Double
- Fleeting Motion
- Ocean Air
Prize Money
1st: £7,763.002nd: £2,310.003rd: £1,154.004th: £577.00
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