14:15 Bath

Wednesday 23 August 2017

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Friary Vintners European Breeders Fund Novice Stakes

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 1m 12.65s

(4)

City Gent³²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: P J Dobbs| T: R M Beckett

11/1

Well related individual but already gelded and showed little on debut. Yard respected but others make more appeal at this stage.

Form: 7

(7)

Expecting³⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: S J Drowne| T: C Hills| OR: 76| BF

4/1

Cost 90,000gns as a yearling; all three starts so far have been at Windsor. Steadily getting the hang of things but his future looks to lay in handicaps. However, latest effort was an improvement, so at least worth a check in the betting.

Form: 543

(5)

Go Roo

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: H Crouch⁽³⁾| T: C G Cox

9/2

Cost £70,000 as a yearling and is a half-sister Group 2 winning sprinter Stepper Point. Yard highly respected and well worth noting in the betting.

Form:

(8)

Puramente¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: D C Costello| T: J Hughes

50/1

Cost just £4,500 and is related to winners over 7f and beyond. Yard going well but probably best watched first time out.

Form: 07

(2)

Redtedd¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Liam Keniry| T: Tom Dascombe

66/1

Finished last in both his starts to date and hard to see him pulling this out of the hat. Likely to do better when going into handicaps and upped to at least a mile.

Form: 90

(3)

Yafta²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Dane O'Neill| T: R Hannon| OR: 80| BF

4/5

Cost £280,000 as a yearling and has shown plenty of promise without being good enough to win in three starts so far. Disappointing favorite last time but this slight drop in trip should suit and very feasible perseverance can pay dividends.

Form: 422

(1)

Dizzy G²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: R Ffrench| T: K R Burke

6/1

Cost €115,000 and is bred to be effective over at least a mile. Should have benefited from her debut run at Goodwood but created the impression that she already needs further (eased near the finish) and is best watched this time around.

Form: 0

(9)

Madame Jo Jo³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Jane Elliott⁽⁵⁾| T: Sarah Hollinshead

66/1

Cost 6,5000gns and bred to appreciate the trip. Hasn't actually shown that on the racecourse so far and is another that is best watched this time up.

Form: 00

Non-Runners

(6)

Kath's Lustre²

Weight: 8-11| Age: 2

T: B De Haan J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Yafta (4/5), Expecting (4/1), Go Roo (9/2), Dizzy G (6/1), City Gent (11/1), Kath's Lustre (20/1), Puramente (50/1), Madame Jo Jo (66/1), Redtedd (66/1)

YAFTA will be running out of friends if he can't deliver this time around. But he's already shown enough to suggest he has a race of this nature well within him and the well-bred colt edges preference this time around. Expecting has a similar profile and is going the right way, while Go Roo represents a yard that is doing well with its juveniles and he is feared most from the remainder.