17:30 Goodwood

Saturday 26 May 2018

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European Breeders' Fund Fillies' Novice Stakes

Off time: 17:32 | Winning time: 1m 26.81s

(5)

Havana Breeze¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Tyler Saunders⁽⁷⁾| T: M P Tregoning

25/1

Price increased €50,000 from foal to a two-year-old and she has a nice pedigree being a half-sister to 7f winner Top Draw plus other useful sorts. Had plenty of use made of her on debut before fading and this looks tougher.

Form: 6

(3)

Beauty Filly²⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: W J Haggas

5/2

Beat a previous winner with ease when landing her maiden on debut (6f, good-to-soft). A Coronation Stakes entry suggests she is held in high regard by a top yard that don't overestimate their horses.

Form: 1-

(11)

Homeopathic²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Dobbs| T: Sir Michael Stoute| D

9/2

Form of her Kempton win has worked out well and she was hampered on her reappearance. Makes turf debut but there are some clues in the pedigree to indicate she will handle some give underfoot. Still needs to improve a few pounds.

Form: 1-2

(6)

Natural¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: R Hannon| OR: 91| D

9/2

Has shown she handles cut in the ground and no disgrace last time in trying to concede 8lb to a 97-rated rival. Sets the bar high with Pattern class form and it will take a smart filly to beat her.

Form: 1027-72

(4)

Bella Ragazza³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: R Winston| T: H Morrison

10/1

Shaped nicely enough at Newbury over 7f (good/soft) on her debut showing ability over a trip that looked too short. In a hot race here and her siblings were winners but nothing out of the ordinary.

Form: 5

(7)

Fading Icon

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: George Downing| T: M R Channon

33/1

Sixties Icon newcomer related to several winners at around this trip. Highly tried in this company and she will have to be the best horse her dam has produced in order to score.

Form:

(10)

Hesterya⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R Hannon

12/1

Improved from her debut but still beaten a fair way at Newmarket. Forecast of slower ground looks an issue given her brother Shaden was better on a sound surface.

Form: 03

(8)

Kasayid

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: G Mosse| T: Owen Burrows

7/1

€250,000 daughter of Pivotal out of an unraced dam who came from a speedy family. Yard's horses come on for a run and this is a particularly hot race.

Form:

(2)

Katleen¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: K Shoemark| T: Owen Burrows

7/1

Looked green on debut but there was no significant improvement on her next start and she needs to take a huge step forward here.

Form: 36

(9)

Molls Memory

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: H Crouch| T: E Walker

25/1

Half-sister by Helmet to the yard's smart sprinter Aeolus. He was not even ready enough to score on debut for a yard who adopt a patient approach. One to watch for the future given the quality of the winners in the pedigree.

Form:

(1)

Nikita^h²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: J P Fahy| T: H Morrison

50/1

Has shown some ability but not enough to suggest she will threaten here and her future lies in handicaps.

Form: 6-9

(12)

Ripley^h,t³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: J Quinn| T: C Hills| OR: 76

25/1

Runner-up in a bad maiden here last August and her limitations have been exposed since. This is the stiffest test she has faced and it will be a shock if she is up to it.

Form: 26-5

Non-Runners

(13)

Musical Art²¹⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: P & O Cole J: L Morris

Forecasts

Beauty Filly (5/2), Natural (9/2), Homeopathic (9/2), Musical Art (5/1), Katleen (7/1), Kasayid (7/1), Bella Ragazza (10/1), Hesterya (12/1), Ripley (25/1), Havana Breeze (25/1), Molls Memory (25/1), Fading Icon (33/1), Nikita (50/1)

Punters face a dilemma here with Natural boasting recent high-class form and proven on soft ground facing the untapped potential of BEAUTY FILLY. The latter treated the opposition with contempt on her debut and an entry in the Coronation Stakes may not be fanciful if she wins this. Homeopathic and Natural Art also boast winning form with substance in what is an above-average race for the grade at this time of year.