19:40 Newcastle

Saturday 3 June 2017

All18:1018:4019:1019:4020:1020:4021:10

Parkdean Resorts 73 Award-Winning Holiday Parks Maiden Stakes

Off time: 19:42 | Winning time: 2m 11.73s

(13)

Lord Rob^b1¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Callum Rodriguez⁽⁵⁾| T: D Thompson| OR: 46

40/1

24 race maiden (who handles the surface), but is unlikely to be anywhere near good enough on these terms having been campaigned in Class 6 and 7 handicaps with regularity. Wears blinkers for the first time.

Form: 5-34364

(6)

Python²⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Neil Farley| T: A Crook| OR: 28

200/1

No promise whatsoever in three starts on the Flat (or in a bumper), and impossible to fancy on these terms on his AW debut.

Form: 559-

(10)

Sparte Quercus¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: G Lee| T: E A L Dunlop

25/1

Fetched 300,000 gns at a "breeze-up" in 2015 and is a Canford Cliffs half-brother to three winners on the continent. Showed some promise until weakening from 2F out on his belated debut at Windsor (1m2f) last month, but faces a tough task giving weight to the three-year-olds on AW debut.

Form: 9

(9)

Abjar³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: P Makin| T: Sir Michael Stoute

8/13

Nathaniel colt who cost 525,000 gns as a yearling. Dam (Kinnaird) won six races including the Group Two May Hill Stakes. Made eye-catching late progress on debut at Chelmsford last month despite racing greenly (sixth to Alfarris), and his trainer has an incredibly strong recent record at this track. Holds a Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes entry at Royal Ascot.

Form: 6

(1)

Canizay²⁷⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: T Hamilton| T: R Fell & S Murray

100/1

Finished a remote tailed off last of seven on debut for Ron Harris at Chepstow in August 2016 (1m), and returns for a new trainer in a competitive maiden, so easily ruled out.

Form: 7-

(5)

Cape Coast

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston

8/1

16,000 gns yearling second foal by Cape Cross out of Famusa. His Dam was a Listed placed, 1m to 1m3f winner in Italy, so clearly respected from a leading stable on racecourse debut.

Form:

(2)

Captor

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: D C Costello| T: D M Simcock

14/1

Stable have saddled plenty of winners here on Tapeta over the past twelve months, and this unraced Frankel colt out of a Montjeu mare (Hasten) looks the part on paper. A first foal, she is related to various Grade 1/Group 1 winners, and is on the short-list.

Form:

(3)

Saint Cuthberts²³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: B A Curtis| T: D H Brown

150/1

Finished last (tailed off) on both starts as a juvenile over 1m. Gelded, and up in trip, but others are far stronger in this contest.

Form: 80-

(12)

Toronto Sound⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott

33/1

Rear division finishes in a couple of Chelmsford maidens last month (1m to 1m2f). Switches to Tapeta for his third start, but looks more of a type for handicaps in the future.

Form: 60

(4)

Vindicator³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods

66/1

Finished a fairly distant sixth of eight to Daawy on debut at Ripon in late April (1m2f good) and needs to have improved a bundle to be competitive against a few of these rivals from more high profile stables tonight.

Form: 6

(8)

Lady Bergamot¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: George Wood⁽⁵⁾| T: J R Fanshawe

8/1

Looked in need of the experience (and a trip) on her debut at Kempton in November (sixth), but hung for pressure when upped to 1m2f at Windsor for her seasonal reappearance last month, and looks vulnerable in this company.

Form: 6-8

(11)

Light Of Joy³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: S Donohoe| T: D R Lanigan

9/2

Doing her best work late after showing signs of greeness from an early stage on debut at Wolverhampton last month (extended mile). Her Dam Light Blow was a sister to Oaks winner Light Shift, and she therefore has plenty of stamina in her pedigree. Likely to be much sharper for the experience and this galloping track a major plus to her chances.

Form: 8

Non-Runners

(7)

Lady Macha

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: M Botti J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Abjar (8/13), Light Of Joy (9/2), Lady Bergamot (8/1), Cape Coast (8/1), Lady Macha (8/1), Captor (14/1), Sparte Quercus (25/1), Toronto Sound (33/1), Lord Rob (40/1), Vindicator (66/1), Canizay (100/1), Saint Cuthberts (150/1), Python (200/1)

Connections of ABJAR probably hoped that June 3rd would have seen a trip to Epsom (held a Derby entry) rather than a visit to Newcastle for a maiden, but this once raced Nathaniel colt looks to have a decent future ahead nevertheless based upon his Chelmsford debut effort which gave plenty of optimism for the future. His trainer has a strong record at this track, and this Group 2 King Edward VII entrant looks a cut above these rivals and should be off the mark at the second attempt.