14:50 Ascot
Friday 14 July 2017
All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:1017:40
Knights 1759 Nursery
- 2YO only | Class 3 | 6f | Good | 7 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 1m 16.06s
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Winner of a minor race at Pontefract over 6f before having Joe's Spirit 7L behind him when runner-up in a 5f Beverley conditions event. Sent off favourite in a 7f conditions race at Leopardstown last time when he failed to stay. Rider 11-39 this season for the yard who took this last year.
Impressive when making all at Chester and then noted going on at the finish here in the Windsor Castle. Stable in good form at present and not without a chance.
Narrow winner at Chelmsford having chased home the useful Rock Of Estonia on his debut. Ran below those level when raised in class and dropped in trip at Beverley and has a chance to prove that form wrong here. Stable are 5-18 with their juveniles at Ascot's July fixtures with a further five making the frame.
Very consistent performer, who picked up a win in a Brighton maiden (6f, good to firm) last month. Kept up the good work in defeat last time and cannot be ruled out lightly from this mark on his nursery debut.
Winner of a weak race at Newbury last time and a 4lb rise in the weights is offset by the booking of a talented claimer. Yet to run a bad race and hard to dismiss as a result.
Scored over 6f at Brighton (good) in May in a median auction contest and ran well despite being a beaten favourite back over that C&D last time out (good to firm). Looks likely to be competitive, but will need to raise his game to add a second success at these weights.
Best run so far has been his third at Brighton over 5f but outclassed last time out at Royal Ascot. Receiving plenty of weight and, if having continued the progress shown before Ascot, he could be a surprise package.
Forecasts
Rufus King (11/4), Dragons Tail (11/4), Joe's Spirit (5/1), Alaska (6/1), Queen Of Kalahari (7/1), City Guest (11/1), Holdenhurst (14/1)
JOE'S SPIRIT beat Tangled at Chelmsford and that horse went close at Newmarket next time. He meets Rufus King on significantly better terms than at Beverley last time and this trip should see him to better effect. Rufus King is another who promises to be better served by this trip but he faces as tiff task at the weights. Dragon's Tail ran well in the Windsor Castle and may improve on his first attempt at this trip. City Guest was outclassed in that same event but was going the right way beforehand and he could give a good account at a decent price.
- Joe's Spirit
- Dragons Tail
- City Guest
Prize Money
1st: £7,763.002nd: £2,310.003rd: £1,154.004th: £577.00
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