MJ Church Contracting EBF Stallions Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:47 | Winning time: 1m 1.51s

(3)

Adventurous Girl¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: E J Walsh⁽³⁾| T: R M H Cowell

20/1

First foal by Pastoral Pursuits out of an unraced dam. She showed early speed on debut and trainer's runners tend to improve with experience.

Form: 5

(2)

Al Manhalah¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J F Egan| T: C & M Johnston

20/1

Exceed and Excel filly who cost €80.000 as a yearling and failed to improve on debut when well beaten in novice company. Stable in form but she needs to find significant improvement.

Form: 47

(5)

Country Rose¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Fahy| T: R Harris

4/1

Only cost €7,5000 but made a pleasing debut when showing pace before just being worn down late. She should make a bold bid again and is a leading contender.

Form: 2

(6)

K Club

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: T E Whelan| T: R Hannon

8/1

Daughter of Kodiac who cost €85,000 as a yearling and is bred to be speedy. Represents powerful stable who won this two years ago and are going well with their juveniles.

Form:

(4)

Mawde²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Watson⁽⁵⁾| T: B R Millman

20/1

Cheap purchase who was unfancied and well beaten on debut. Best watched.

Form: 8

(1)

New Queen¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Oisin Murphy| T: C Hills

4/9

30,000 gns daughter of Charm Spirit who ran with great credit having been slowly away before catching the eye late on debut. Open to improvement and form looked above average.

Form: 2

Forecasts

New Queen (4/9), Country Rose (4/1), K Club (8/1), Mawde (20/1), Adventurous Girl (20/1), Al Manhalah (20/1)

A small field but a competitive race with an interesting debutante in K Club taking on in particular three fillies who made promising first starts. NEW QUEEN is the pick of the trio as she looked like she would benefit the most from the experience and ran on late in a decent looking contest. Country Rose demonstrated plenty of speed on her first start and looks straightforward. Adventurous Girl too has pace and probably needed the run.