20:10 Wolverhampton

Tuesday 20 February 2018

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32Red.com Fillies' Novice Stakes (Div 2)

Off time: 20:13 | Winning time: 1m 29.29s

(6)

Rivas Rose Marie^h¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Joey Haynes| T: J Gallagher

200/1

Tailed off on her belated debut over C&D earlier this month (withdrawn ahead of her intended debut at Nottingham in May 2017). No chance.

Form: 8

(3)

Broadway Angel^t1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: A Mullen| T: K Frost

100/1

Medicean filly who cost just 800 gns as a yearling. Never involved on debut over the extended mile here earlier in the month (200/1), and far from certain to appreciate a drop in trip.

Form: 0

(7)

Craftiness^h⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: K Shoemark| T: H & R Charlton

6/1

Fifth foal by Al Kazeem. Easy to back on debut over 7f at Kempton in December (16/1), and didn't look anywhere near wise enough to do herself justice. Possible we'll see a better effort following a subsequent two month absence.

Form: 9-

(8)

Dieulefit

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Josephine Gordon| T: H Palmer

5/2

Unraced second foal by Oasis Dream out of a lightly raced Giant's Causeway mare. Half-sister to 1m3f+ winner Fibonacci, but her dam was closely related to 7f Group 3 winner Kamarinskaya. Of obvious interest with Josephine Gordon booked to ride.

Form:

(4)

Fabianski

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M Meade

3/1

Unraced first foal by Raven's Pass out of the 1m2f winner Fabia, so debuts with a 'clean-sheet' intact. Cost €38,000 as a yearling, and hails from a much respected stable, but ideally will need further than this 7f trip.

Form:

(1)

Nautica²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman

9/1

Green on her debut C&D fifth to American Endeavour in early December, and probably ran to a similar level of form next time at Lingfield. Needs to find a fraction more for win purposes, but couldn't be dismissed in the place market.

Form: 5-4

(2)

Sweet Symphony³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: M M Monaghan⁽³⁾| T: M Botti| OR: 71| BF

9/4

Helmet filly (32,000 gns) with plenty of racecourse experience. Probably didn't appreciate the drop back to 6f latest, but that form reads well enough in the context of this race, so has a role to play.

Form: 5-23

(9)

Traumatised²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby

125/1

Well held on both starts so far, and not shown anything to suggest that she's capable of being involved on her Wolverhampton debut.

Form: 0-9

(5)

Zadorra¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston

28/1

Prominent racer who has finished weakly on both starts so far, and needs to learn to settle better. Her dam was a 6f to 7f winner who was a half-sister to the useful 7f to 1m winner Plum Pudding, but that family line is the sole positive.

Form: 60

Forecasts

Sweet Symphony (9/4), Dieulefit (5/2), Fabianski (3/1), Craftiness (6/1), Nautica (9/1), Zadorra (28/1), Broadway Angel (100/1), Traumatised (125/1), Rivas Rose Marie (200/1)

With respect to connections, a few of these runners have no chance whatsoever, and because those with prior racecourse experience appear to be a largely moderate bunch, the pair to concentrate upon are the newcomers Fabianski and DIEULEFIT. The former has plenty of stamina in her pedigree, and looks just the type to progress quickly with more racing when upped in trip, so we'll opt to stick with the Josephine Gordon ridden Oasis Dream filly. Hugo Palmer saddled a well backed winner in a broadly similar race at this track last week (Breaking Records), and looks to have found the ideal race in which to introduce Dieulefit.