17:20 Newmarket

Thursday 19 April 2018

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British EBF bet365 'Confined' Novice Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 2)

Off time: 17:24 | Winning time: 2m 8.67s

(5)

African Jazz^p1²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby

2/1

Cape Cross gelding, half-brother to Group 2 winner Usherette and dam a Listed winner. Looked green on debut but got the hang of things late. Yard do well here and first-time cheekpieces should see him improve, though he may need to in this line up.

Form: 1

(6)

Occupy¹⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: R Kingscote| T: R M Beckett

6/4

Declaration of War colt, cost $80,000 as a yearling. Half-brother to a mile winner and dam a winner and half-sister to a Group 2 winner over this trip. Impressive 25/1 winner on debut and can't be ruled out with more to come now stepped up in trip.

Form: 1-

(1)

El Ghazwani

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: James Doyle| T: H Palmer

14/1

Cape Cross colt, cost €90,000 as a foal and 85,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to three winners over middle distances and dam a winner and half-sister to a winner over this trip. Respected, but yard's debutantes often need the run.

Form:

(9)

Howman

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian

9/1

Sea The Stars colt, cost 450,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to Group 1 winner, a dam of multiple Group 1 winner Minding. Fascinating pedigree and interesting to see what the market makes of him.

Form:

(8)

In Demand¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S Donohoe| T: C Fellowes

25/1

Dalakhani colt, cost 120,000 gns as a two-year-old.. Half-brother to winner over this trip and dam a winner over further. Showed very little on debut and others preferred.

Form: 7

(7)

Sleeping Lion¹⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe

12/1

Teofilo colt, cost 40,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to a winner at around this trip. Dam a half-sister to Group-placed sprinter. Shaped well on debut at Kempton but much more needed here and may be more of a long term prospect.

Form: 4-

(3)

Star Of Southwold¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon

28/1

Le Havre colt, cost €110,000 as a yearling. Dam a half-sister to two Group winners and a Listed winner over this trip. Had wind surgery before a moderate debut and others preferred here.

Form: 6

(2)

Stream Of Stars

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: L Dettori| T: J & T Gosden

8/1

Sea The Stars gelding, dam a Group 3 winner over this trip. Yard's debutantes worthy of plenty of respect and he's the pick of the stable jockey but a poor sign he's been gelded already

Form:

Non-Runners

(4)

Guardsman

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: J & T Gosden J: R Havlin

Forecasts

Occupy (6/4), African Jazz (2/1), Guardsman (7/1), Stream Of Stars (8/1), Howman (9/1), Sleeping Lion (12/1), El Ghazwani (14/1), In Demand (25/1), Star Of Southwold (28/1)

Ralph Beckett had a winner here on Wednesday and his colt OCCUPY was impressive on debut, he may progress now stepped up in trip given his pedigree. African Jazz should be more streetwise this time after looking green on his winning debut at Lingfield last month while Howman could be the main danger given his pedigree and the market will be the best guide to his chance.