20:45 Newcastle

Thursday 19 April 2018

All17:4018:1018:4019:1019:4020:1520:4521:15

WYG Novice Stakes (Div 2)

Off time: 20:52 | Winning time: 1m 27.87s

(6)

Amaranth^t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: D C Costello| T: M Scudamore

50/1

Cost 320,000 gns as a foal, but was sold on cheaply (unraced) for just 1,500 gns in July 2017. His racecourse experience so far has come in a bumper (tailed off), and in a 1m novice stakes at Kempton (fifth).

Form: 5

(10)

Emaraaty¹⁸⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Jim Crowley| T: J & T Gosden| D

1/5

Cost 2,600,000 gns as a yearling and contested the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in October (eighth) after bolting up at Newbury a month earlier (made all). Very difficult to oppose on AW debut.

Form: 418-

(9)

Mountain Breath¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: P Makin| T: C W Fairhurst| C

14/1

Made a mockery of her 250/1 odds on debut here in September (third), and struck at the second time of asking when out-battling Royal Residence by ¾L exactly a month later (6f). Up in trip in a stronger contest.

Form: 31-

(1)

Tight Lines²⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| D

11/2

Fastnet Rock filly who put her debut experience to good use when winning well at Redcar in July 2017 (7f good to firm). Off since, and switches to the AW for the first time for seasonal reappearance.

Form: 51-

(8)

Cuddington²⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: P Mulrennan| T: M Dods

7/1

Cost €115,000 as a yearling, but was too green to do himself justice on debut at Haydock in August 2017. Has left Tom Dascombe over the winter months and seeks to regroup/progress for a new handler.

Form: 4-

(3)

Gorgeous General¹⁰⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Cam Hardie| T: L A Mullaney

100/1

Finished ninth of ten on debut over C&D in early January and couldn't be fancied at all in this stronger contest.

Form: 9

(5)

Mardy Gras²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr

100/1

Ran green on debut over 5f here last month, finishing last of seven to stablemate Brian Ryan. New trip, but looks well out of his depth.

Form: 7

(2)

Party Fears Too¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Barry McHugh| T: J S Goldie

66/1

Society Rock gelding who has raced only at Musselburgh so far, and was beaten over 13L when finishing fourth of seven to Queen's Sargent on Easter Saturday (7f+ heavy).

Form: 8-4

(7)

Delicate Footsteps

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: M Herrington

50/1

Unraced first foal by Delegator out of the 1m2f placed mare Echo Of Footsteps. Half-sister to various winners including Olympic Dream (7f), but set a very stiff introduction to her racing career.

Form:

(4)

Runway

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: P J McDonald| T: J Tate

14/1

Well named unraced third foal by Sepoy out of the unraced mare Doors To Manual. Cost 40,000 gns as a yearling and is a half-sister to the 7f-1m winner Safety Check.

Form:

Forecasts

Emaraaty (1/5), Tight Lines (11/2), Cuddington (7/1), Runway (14/1), Mountain Breath (14/1), Amaranth (50/1), Delicate Footsteps (50/1), Party Fears Too (66/1), Gorgeous General (100/1), Mardy Gras (100/1)

A race which features three previous winners, but it's the 7f Newbury scorer EMERAATY who rates as impossible to oppose. He cost 2.6M gns as a yearling and was tried in Grade 1 company (Dewhurst Stakes) at Newmarket in mid-October. Whilst it's never easy to make all at Newcastle, he was strong enough to employ those tactics as an inexperienced horse at Newbury previously, so expect Jim Crowley to keep this simple, and class should come to the fore.