16:55 Newbury

Saturday 21 April 2018

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Carter Jonas Maiden Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 16:57 | Winning time: 2m 24.61s

(3)

Academician¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Adam J McNamara⁽³⁾| T: J G Portman

66/1

Son of Zoffany purchased for €13,000 last spring. Half-brother to a number of winners, made an inauspicious start over 1m4f on Lingfield's AW this month and best watched for now on that evidence.

Form: 8

(5)

Beer With The Boys

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

9/1

Colt by Nathaniel, connections parted with 120,000 gns as a yearling and he's got a useful pedigree being related to multiple smart performers.

Form:

(18)

Blazing Saddles²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Louis Steward| T: R M Beckett

7/2

High Chaparral colt, half-brother to a couple of useful middle distance types and dam was a winner over middle distance trips. Served notice of ability in Doncaster maiden (1m2f, soft) last month when beaten 1L into third. Should go close here.

Form: 3

(1)

Chiave Di Volta²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: K Shoemark| T: D Menuisier

50/1

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. Plenty to find with Blazing Saddles on last month's Doncaster debut efforts.

Form: 5

(6)

Corgi¹⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jim Crowley| T: H Morrison

16/1

Son of So You Think whose dam was a 1m2f winner. Fetched 85,000 gns as a yearling. Has shown promise in runs at Nottingham and Salisbury last term and needs taking seriously on return with conditions and trip to suit.

Form: 42-

(15)

Crystal King

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S W Kelly| T: Sir Michael Stoute

25/1

Promising on paper, a colt out of Frankel and represents top yard. Trainer has two newcomers in this field and Ryan Moore seemingly prefers Shareef Star.

Form:

(19)

Endlessly⁸⁷

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

33/1

Nathaniel colt with an appealing pedigree that suggests he will thrive in time. Has to improve on two runs thus far at Newmarket and Kempton (AW).

Form: 0-5

(13)

Hazarfan¹⁸³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: E A L Dunlop

16/1

Frankel colt, cost $325,000 as a yearling and re-sold for 250,000 gns, showed benefit of debut outing when runner-up at Redcar (1m, good to soft) in October and entitled to make progress this season.

Form: 62-

(9)

Jeremiah¹⁷⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S Donohoe| T: C Fellowes

12/1

Promising in two runs last season, close third over 1m2f at Newmarket when last spotted in October, likely to have strengthened over the winter and one to take note of in this line-up.

Form: 33-

(4)

Kabrit²¹⁸

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

50/1

Mastercraftsman colt out of a lightly-raced dam who hailed from a good family. Cost €100,000 as a yearling, ran poorly in sole outing last year at Salisbury.

Form: 0-

(16)

Last Viceroy

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: J P Spencer| T: B J Meehan

40/1

Colt by Nathaniel is a half-brother to 2,000 runner-up Delegator, who served these connections well. Merits a closer look on debut.

Form:

(10)

Pirate King

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P Cosgrave| T: H J L Dunlop

50/1

Nicely-bred colt out of Farhh, picked up for 44,000 gns by connections. Half-brother to Dandino, a winner in group-race company at 1m4f-1m5f, so this trip looks suitable on debut outing.

Form:

(2)

Regal Director¹⁹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S De Sousa| T: S & E Crisford

12/1

New Approach colt whose dam is a half-sister to Dubawi, didn't show a lot in two runs last term at Leicester and Nottingham. Goes up in trip now for this seasonal return.

Form: 45-

(20)

Saint Mac

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: A Kirby| T: H Morrison

66/1

By Nathaniel but the colt doesn't hold quite as much allure as some of the other newcomers in this field. Market should reveal more.

Form:

(14)

Shareef Star

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R L Moore| T: Sir Michael Stoute

13/2

Son of Sea The Stars, changed hands for princely sum of 700,000 gns as a yearling, first outing on track for Stoute team and gets the vote from Ryan Moore from two in this line-up.

Form:

(17)

Sharja Silk¹⁷⁶

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

7/1

850,000 gns colt by Dubawi and half-brother to multiple winners including the useful Silk Sari. Ran well enough in 1m maiden here in October on soft ground, leaving impression this sort of trip would be more to his liking.

Form: 5-

(7)

Soto Sizzler

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: M Harley| T: W J Knight

66/1

Gelded son of Mastercraftsman, makes first start in this competitive line-up and no surprise if he comes on for the experience.

Form:

(12)

Strongarm Chaser¹⁷⁸

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

66/1

Son of Foostepsinthesand who fetched €200,000 as a yearling and is a half-brother to St Leger runner-up Ventura Storm. Disappointing when last spotted in 1m2f Newmarket maiden in October and best watched unless vibes are positive.

Form: 77-

(8)

Young Rascal¹⁶⁴

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

3/1

€215,000 German-bred yearling by Intello, runner-up in 1m Nottingham maiden in November in only start to date, should be more to come and upped in trip for return.

Form: 2-

(11)

Roser Moter⁸⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton

66/1

Motivator filly has been unable to land any telling blow in pair of AW maidens over a mile at Kempton so far. Hard to make case for on turf bow.

Form: 96

Forecasts

Young Rascal (3/1), Blazing Saddles (7/2), Shareef Star (13/2), Sharja Silk (7/1), Beer With The Boys (9/1), Jeremiah (12/1), Regal Director (12/1), Corgi (16/1), Hazarfan (16/1), Crystal King (25/1), Endlessly (33/1), Last Viceroy (40/1), Pirate King (50/1), Chiave Di Volta (50/1), Kabrit (50/1), Soto Sizzler (66/1), Saint Mac (66/1), Strongarm Chaser (66/1), Roser Moter (66/1), Academician (66/1)

A tough puzzle to solve and likely to prove a strong contest. Blazing Saddles made a positive start at Doncaster last month and should progress but YOUNG RASCAL earns the vote having finished second at Nottingham on his only outing last term. The Haggas team are in good order right now and the form of that debut run looks to be decent. There is no shortage of potential amongst the newcomers, with Shareef Star, Beer With The Boys and Pirate King all notables.