19:15 Haydock

Saturday 23 June 2018

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Betfred 'Watch Sky Sports In Our Shops' Novice Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 19:17 | Winning time: 1m 28.52s

(3)

More Than This³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: D Nolan| T: R A Fahey

1/1

Dutch Art colt who looked well and duly won in taking fashion on his racecourse debut at Ayr last month. Penalised 6lb but still a contender and sets a good standard.

Form: 1

(5)

Arctic Sound

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

7/1

Looks the part on paper being by Poet's Voice out of a mare who won twice as a juvenile, including in listed company. Yard have sent out more than 20 winners in the last fortnight and are capable of readying them first time out. Interesting.

Form:

(1)

Beauty Concept⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Rossa Ryan⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon

33/1

Represents last year's winning yard. Ran green on debut and was well beaten in the end, although stayed on late at Nottingham and will know more this time around.

Form: 8

(2)

Cawthorne Lad³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Rachel Richardson⁽³⁾| T: T D Easterby

100/1

Unfashionably bred Coach House colt out of a middle-distance mare. Beaten a long way on debut at Ripon and is likely to need more time.

Form: 5

(7)

Conundrum

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: J Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe

33/1

25,000 guineas Sir Percy colt , half-brother to a decent 1m4f winner. Pedigree suggests he'll do well at this stage of his career but worth a market check.

Form:

(4)

Glorious Dane⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Liam Keniry| T: R Hannon

11/2

€85,000 Olympic Glory colt who has run very green on both starts so far but showed signs of ability when staying on into fourth last time out. Yard won last year's renewal and may be more streetwise this time.

Form: 74

(6)

Zoffee

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe

9/4

100,000 guineas Zoffany colt out of 1m4f AW winner. Pedigree suggests this trip should be right as a juvenile and could be anything. No fancy entries but might be a nice type.

Form:

Forecasts

More Than This (1/1), Zoffee (9/4), Glorious Dane (11/2), Arctic Sound (7/1), Beauty Concept (33/1), Conundrum (33/1), Cawthorne Lad (100/1)

An interesting juvenile event with one or two promising types. The standard is set by previous winner MORE THAN THIS who won in the manner of a decent horse at Ayr last month and may just about be good enough to give away his penalty. Newcomer Zoffee catches the eye for a shrewd handler and market support would be a big positive, and it's a similar story for Arctic Sound who represents a team in sizzling form. Glorious Dane and Beauty Concept represent last year's winning handler with the former looking the more likely of the two.