16:45 Doncaster

Saturday 24 March 2018

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32Red Casino Maiden Stakes

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 2m 19.76s

(1)

Ad Libitum⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray

40/1

Fairly well beaten in all five of his starts and it would be a surprise if he wasn't vulnerable to plenty more less exposed sorts here.

Form: 69-566

(6)

Argentello

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden

6/1

Intello colt, cost 140,000 gns as a yearling. Half brother to a Listed winner and dam a half-sister to two Group 1 winners. Yard's debutantes worthy of plenty of respect and likely to go well on debut.

Form:

(9)

Blazing Saddles

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: R M Beckett

9/2

High Chaparral colt, half-brother to a couple of useful middle distance types and dam was a winner over this trip. Yard have won this race in the past and interesting to see how he goes on debut.

Form:

(5)

Chiave Di Volta

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Fran Berry| T: D Menuisier

13/2

Intello colt, cost 120,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to winners around this trip and dam was Group placed as a juvenile and half sister to a Group 1 winner. Certainly of interest and worth watching in the market.

Form:

(4)

Dawn Commando

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: George Downing| T: D & C Kubler

33/1

Dawn Approach colt, cost 7,000 gns as a foal and €10,000 as a yearling. Related to some useful types but this trip may stretch him on debut.

Form:

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Kenny George¹⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Charles Bishop| T: M R Channon

28/1

Mawatheeq gelding. Related to a couple of dual-purpose winners out of a dam who was placed in bumpers. Well beaten on debut in October and likely to be up against it here.

Form: 0-

(2)

Magojiro¹⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D Tudhope| T: D Carroll

25/1

Hat-trick gelding, cost $80,000 as a yearling but sold on for just 13,000 gns as a two-year-old. Yard do well at this meeting and he showed bits of promise on debut but this would appear to be a strong maiden.

Form: 6-

(11)

Proschema¹⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe

11/8

Declaration Of War colt, cost 65,000 gns as a yearling. Brother to two Group 2 winners. Two smart efforts in a pair of races towards the end of last year and sets a solid standard. Leading player with improvement more than likely.

Form: 23-

(10)

Voyager Blue⁹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: J P Spencer| T: J A Osborne| BF

11/2

Footstepsinthesand colt, cost 60,000 gns as a foal. Has shown ability, placed in two Wolverhampton maidens but this looks tougher.

Form: 32-

(3)

Princess Noora²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Barry McHugh| T: Adrian Nicholls

66/1

Farhh filly, half-sister to five winners and dam a half-sister to a Group 2 winner. Well beaten on debut at Southwell earlier this month and likely up against it here.

Form: 7

Non-Runners

(7)

In Demand

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: C Fellowes J: S Donohoe

Forecasts

Proschema (11/8), Blazing Saddles (9/2), Voyager Blue (11/2), Argentello (6/1), Chiave Di Volta (13/2), In Demand (20/1), Magojiro (25/1), Kenny George (28/1), Dawn Commando (33/1), Ad Libitum (40/1), Princess Noora (66/1)

PROSCHEMA is the one to beat here following some impressive performances towards the back end of last year. John Gosden's Argentello is given the utmost of respect given his record with debutantes while Voyager Blue may be able to put his experience to good use after some placed efforts on the all-weather. Chiave Di Volta is a fascinating newcomer and any market support should be noted.