16:20 Newbury

Saturday 21 April 2018

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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Maiden Stakes (Div 2) (Str) (Plus 10)

Off time: 16:24 | Winning time: 1m 41.56s

(13)

Bow Street Runner

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: J F Egan| T: M R Channon

20/1

Sixties Icon gelding changed hands for relatively small money last year and may want further than this mile trip in time. Watching brief here.

Form:

(12)

Brexiteer

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jim Crowley| T: B J Meehan

18/1

Cost 40,000 gns as a yearling and bred to possess plenty of speed, Crowley booked for debut run but others appeal more on paper.

Form:

(7)

Change Maker¹⁷¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: A M Balding

25/1

From the successful first crop of Havana Gold and the ninth foal of a dam who has produced five winners, including Australian Group 2 winner Johann Zoffany. Modest on debut at Nottingham (1m½f, good) in November.

Form: 7-

(15)

Chief Ironside¹⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: K Shoemark| T: W Jarvis

16/1

Lawman colt cost £155,000 and makes plenty of appeal as a long term prospect on pedigree. Well held on debut at Newmarket in November but should be more to come.

Form: 8-

(11)

Dance For Me

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: James Doyle| T: W J Haggas

7/1

Pour Moi gelding represents in-form Haggas team, while jockey is riding with confidence (5-27) right now. May want a more suitable stamina test in time.

Form:

(14)

Dawn Commando²⁸

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

66/1

Dawn Approach colt, cost 7,000 gns as a foal and €10,000 as a yearling. Unfancied 33/1 chance on debut in Doncaster maiden (1m2f) last month and soon beaten. Down in trip.

Form: 6

(3)

Gododdin²⁰⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Josephine Gordon| T: H Palmer

14/1

Camelot colt, cost 300,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to useful Rougemont and dam a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Covert Love. Well held in two mile-starts as a juvenile, could be more in the offing at three.

Form: 48-

(8)

He's Amazing²⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox

4/1

Fastnet Rock colt, cost 95,000 gns as a yearling and a half-sister to the useful Belle Royale. Green on debut here last summer, but improved to chase home Qaroun over 7f in August and likelihood is there will be more to come.

Form: 32-

(6)

Highland Sky¹⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock

25/1

Camelot colt who was an expensive €360,000 purchase as a yearling. Must improve significantly on his pair out outings as a two-year-old to land this.

Form: 06-

(2)

Infrastructure

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: David Probert| T: M Meade

9/1

Unraced Raven's Pass gelding is an interesting newcomer for this yard, with trainer taking his time in the early exchanges but already amongst winners. Market check.

Form:

(9)

Jack Crow²¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton

4/1

Bahamian Bounty colt, cost 20,000 gns as a yearling and half-brother to useful miler Time Warp. Runner-up both juvenile starts, including neck-defeat over 6f here. Goes on shortlist for return to action.

Form: 22-

(4)

Olympic Odyssey

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S De Sousa| T: George Scott

16/1

Camelot colt cost connections 170,000 gns as a yearling and there is plenty to like on breeding. Has assistance of champion jockey on debut outing.

Form:

(5)

Phoenician Star¹⁷⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Adam J McNamara⁽³⁾| T: B J Meehan

50/1

€60,000 son of Mastercraftsman and half-brother to Traffic Jam, a good stayer in France. Quickly beaten in sole two-year-old start over this C&D and work to be done now on return.

Form: 0-

(1)

Raymond Tusk

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon

11/1

High Chaparral colt representing the Hannon team on debut, dam already proving successful with progeny and is another notable newcomer in an open heat.

Form:

(10)

Ta Allak

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian

6/1

New Approach is a half-brother to the smart 7f-1m2f winner Banbatl. Much-respected connections send him out for the first time here and commands plenty respect on debut.

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Forecasts

He's Amazing (4/1), Jack Crow (4/1), Ta Allak (6/1), Dance For Me (7/1), Infrastructure (9/1), Raymond Tusk (11/1), Gododdin (14/1), Chief Ironside (16/1), Olympic Odyssey (16/1), Brexiteer (18/1), Bow Street Runner (20/1), Change Maker (25/1), Highland Sky (25/1), Phoenician Star (50/1), Dawn Commando (66/1)

HE'S AMAZING outran his odds on debut here last summer despite showing greenness. He displayed good progress next time out when chasing home the well-touted favourite over 7f here and, with the forming working out well, he could be up to a winning reappearance. Jack Crow was runner-up in both starts last term, including narrowly here over 6f, and should go well. Of the newcomers Ta Allak and Raymond Tusk are potentially interesting.