16:20 Lingfield

Friday 23 March 2018

All13:3514:1014:4015:1515:5016:2016:55

32Red.com Novice Stakes (Plus 10)

  • 3YO only  |   Class 5  |   1m 4f  |   Standard  |   6 Runners  |   Polytrack  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:21  |   Winning time: 2m 30.32s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(5)
Horse silk
Mercer's Troop55
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-9| J: Oisin Murphy| T: A Watson| D
4/1
Comes from a family full of winners and maintained that tradition when making most to score on his Kempton debut. The third has let the form down since and connections of the runner-up now have African Jazz in this.
2
(6)
Horse silk
African Jazz
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: George Wood(3)| T: C Appleby
5/2
Cape Cross half-brother to the smart Usherette and also Listed winner Show Day. Stable have been hoovering up these novice events in recent weeks and have a good line on the topweight therefore the market should be informative.
3
(2)
Horse silk
Artarmon142
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: J P Spencer| T: M L W Bell
7/2
Produced an eye-catching run last time and is bred to appreciate middle-distances in 2018. Stable have had a recent winner and he has to go on the shortlist.
4
(3)
Horse silk
Natchp114
Age: 3|  Weight: 9-2| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| BF
3/1
Possible to blame the gallop for a turgid effort last time but the fitting of cheekpieces suggest his problems lie elsewhere. This looks a more serious test than last time and he looks opposable.
5
(1)
Horse silk
Toormakeady
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-11| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman
50/1
Mastercraftsman half-sister to a 7f winner in the US and out of a well-related dam. Stable can ready one first time but pedigree suggests this may be further than she needs.
6
(4)
Horse silk
Whispering Sands25
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-11| J: H Crouch| T: H J L Dunlop
11/2
Dubawi filly out of John Oxx's Irish Oaks runner-up Roses For The Lady. Made her debut here in a bad race when she looked green following a poor start. Will have learnt plenty and the longer trip will help.

Forecasts

African Jazz (5/2), Natch (3/1), Artarmon (7/2), Mercer's Troop (4/1), Whispering Sands (11/2), Toormakeady (50/1)

Verdict

Charlie Appleby has won plenty of novice races in recent weeks and can do so again with AFRICAN JAZZ. There is much to like about his pedigree and he receives plenty of weight from Mercer's Troop. Archie Watson is another trainer who has had a good winter but the son of Canford Cliffs dictated his own tempo when scoring on debut and the form has been let down. A bigger threat may come from Whispering Sands who has a lovely pedigree and caught the eye on debut. Artarmon should come into his own now tackling this sort of trip and he rates the best of the rest.
  1. African Jazz
  2. Whispering Sands
  3. Mercer's Troop

Prize Money

1st: £3,752.002nd: £1,116.003rd: £558.004th: £279.00

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