14:55 Haydock
Friday 26 May 2017
All14:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:1017:40
British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10)
- 2YO only  |  Class 4  |  6f  |  Good to Firm  |  11 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 14:57Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 1m 11.22s
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Show odds
20,000 gns foal who increased in value to €62,000 as a yearling. By a high-class 2yo sprinter. Half-brother to German 6f winner. Dam was a maiden over 6f-1m, out of a 1m winning full-sister to the prolific 1m-1m4f winner Captains Log. Yard in good form and 21% strike rate with juveniles this season.
€17,000 foal, increasing to €37,000 as a yearling. By a top-class 2yo sprinter and first foal of an unraced half-sister to 6f Group Three winner Age Of Chivalry and useful 7f-1m1f Irish/USA winner Sebastian Flyte, out of a 1m winner. Yard 2-33 with juveniles this season (6%, compared to usual 10% strike rate). Perhaps best watched.
By a 1m Group One winner at two. Second foal of a Canadian 1m¼f AW winning half-sister to Canadian 1m1f Listed winner Noble Strike. Grandam was a US 1m½f and 1m1f turf stakes winner. Top stable only had one turf 2yo runner at the time of writing (usual strike rate 22%). Market check advised.
€44,000 yearling. Half-brother to 1m-1m4f winner Wigmore Hall (inc. Canadian Grade One), German 1m2f winner Lady Liberty (inc. Listed) and 1m2f winner Sea Fever, out of a 7f 2yo winning half-sister to 1m Listed winner Kissing The Camera. This trip is a good starting point, though probably better when stepped up.
65,000 gns Book Two yearling. Half-brother to nine winners on the Flat, including Crowley's Law (7f-1m, inc. at two), Rationale (1m-1m6f), Everybody Knows (1m-1m1½f) and Logsdail (5¾f- 1m1f, inc. at two). Dam placed over 1m1½f at two. Stable running at usual strike rate with juveniles so far (12%, compared to 11%) with 3-25 (five placed). Interesting.
185,000 gns foal and 300,000 gns as a yearling. By top class juvenile sprinter and Middle Park winner. Half-brother to five winners, including Lucky Beggar (5f-6f, inc. at two). Dam placed at 7f (All Weather). Entered for valuable sales race at Doncaster in September and Redcar Two-Year-Old Trophy. Yard in great form and 1-5 with 2yos this season.
29,000 gns foal, 50,000 gns yearling. Half-brother to eight winners, including Doctor Brown (6f-1m, inc. at two), Priceless (5f-6f inc. at two/Listed) and Brazen (6f-1m, inc. at two). Dam 5f 2yo and 6f winner. Entered for Newmarket's valuable October Auction Stakes. Yard had few 2yo runners so far and yet to have first 2yo winner this season.
Son of Frankel and closely related to 7f 2yo winner Recorder (inc. Group Three) and Call To Mind (1m). Dam was a 6f 2yo winner (inc. Group Two) and half-sister to 7f 2yo Group Three winner Remember Alexander out of a useful French/US 7f-1m winner. Yard's runners in good form and 2-5 with its 2yos so far this season, with the other three all placed.
22,000 gns yearling. Half-brother to Spanish 1m winner. Dam an unraced half-sister to Group-placed 1m 2yo winner Whitledownwind and Listed-placed 7f winner Musical Treat, out of an Italian 1m Group Three winner. Stable's juveniles enjoying a good start to the turf season, with nine winners and 12 placed from 53 runners.
By far the most expensive runner in the field, having cost €600,000 at the sales in September. Ninth foal of his well-related, though maiden UAE dam. Full-brother to 6f 2yo winner (inc. Group Two) and sire Harbour Watch and half-brother to three other winners from 6f-1m2f. Yard's 2yos go very well, 5-16 so far this season (31%), plus three placed.
£4,000 yearling. Half-sister to winners Next Approach (1m2f), Amphora (Qatar, 5f-7f). Dam won over 7f and is half-sister to 1m winner Coyote (dam of 1m Group Three winner Oh Goodness Me). Quiet start for this stable's turf juveniles so far this season, with 0-4 (one placed) so far (2-14 in past five seasons).
Forecasts
Mutakatif (2/1), Game Player (7/2), Al Fujairah (9/2), Learn By Heart (6/1), Dichato (9/1), Finniston Farm (10/1), Mountain Approach (25/1), Hard Graft (33/1), Brockey Rise (40/1), Ferik (50/1), Snoop (100/1)
A field of newcomers and therefore the market should be informative. Al Fujairah is bred to do well over this sort of trip and has to enter calculations, while Dichato is another from a top yard who could show up very well. The same applies to Finniston Farm, while the expensive Mutakatif will be the focus of plenty of attention and is clearly one for the short-list, given his stable's outstanding juvenile form so far. However, LEARN BY HEART is another with a fabulous pedigree and given that at the time of writing all five of William Haggas's two-year-olds had either won or been placed on turf this campaign, we might just see a Royal winner here.
- Learn By Heart
- Mutakatif
- Al Fujairah
Prize Money
1st: £4,593.002nd: £1,367.003rd: £683.004th: £342.00
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