14:20 Sandown

Friday 7 July 2017

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Allied World Dragon Stakes (Listed)

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 1m 0.59s

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(2)

Havana Grey¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: K R Burke| OR: 102| CD

3/1

Won a Listed race over C&D before finishing well beaten at Royal Ascot last time. Clearly likes a fast surface and should give a good account back in a smaller field he may be able to dominate.

Form: 2110

(1)

Connery²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: M Dwyer| T: S Kirk| D

16/1

Proved a little disappointing at Royal Ascot but appreciated the drop in grade when winning at Bath on Wednesday but this is a much deeper contest and likely to face a lot of competition for the lead here.

Form: 201

(6)

Ivy Leaguer¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: T P Queally| T: B J Meehan

100/1

Compton Place colt, cost £26,000 as a yearling. Virtually tailed off on both his starts to date and likely to struggle once again in here.

Form: 80

(3)

Last Page^p¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: J F Egan| T: P D Evans| OR: 94

14/1

Doesn't look entirely straightforward but starting to get the hang of things lately and ran a fine race at Royal Ascot in the Windsor Castle Stakes. Probably needs another step forward to win this though and no chance of getting an easy lead.

Form: 22U25

(9)

Roussel¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: James Doyle| T: C Appleby| D

5/4

Won at Leicester on debut and followed that up with a fine runner-up effort in the Windsor Castle Stakes behind stablemate Sound And Silence. Wide draw probably not ideal and yard have gone a little quiet of late so may be a little vulnerable for win purposes.

Form: 12

(7)

To Wafij⁵⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian| BF| D

12/1

Won a maiden at Yarmouth but couldn't follow up last time at Lingfield and needs to take a giant step forward if he is to figure in this contest.

Form: 12

(5)

Formidable Kitt¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe| D

11/1

Newmarket winner on debut when well backed but couldn't land any sort of blow at Ascot last time when drawn on the wrong side. That effort best forgiven and ought to do better here but she won't get an easy lead with plenty of pace drawn on her inside.

Form: 10

(8)

Rebel Assault⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: S De Sousa| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 93| BF| D

11/2

Fast ground winner at Catterick on debut and didn't need to improve to win a match-race at Windsor last time out. Beaten odds-on shot on two starts prior to that and has a bit to prove in this line up against a few less exposed types.

Form: 1241

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(4)

Way of Wisdom⁴⁷

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: C Appleby J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Roussel (5/4), Havana Grey (3/1), Way of Wisdom (9/2), Rebel Assault (11/2), Formidable Kitt (11/1), To Wafij (12/1), Last Page (14/1), Connery (16/1), Ivy Leaguer (100/1)

HAVANA GREY proved effective over C&D when winning a Listed contest in May and he has plenty of gate-speed so he may prove hard to peg back from his low draw. Formidable Kitt was on the wrong side at Ascot last time and can be forgiven that run but it's Roussel who may prove the biggest danger to the selection if he can overcome his wide draw.