Alan Bushell On Course Bookmaker 'Confined' Novice Stakes

Off time: 16:39 | Winning time: 2m 8.61s

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Demon D'Aunou²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: M Harley| T: J & A O'Neill

5/1

Placed on the Flat in France ahead of an expensive move to his current lodgings. Made a successful hurdling debut at Market Rasen, but he has not progressed since and found little for pressure last time.

Form: 3/

(3)

Dazzling Rock¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Harry Bentley| T: R M Beckett

2/1

Down the field in what has proved to be a hot Sandown maiden. Sent off 66/1 that day and he will know a lot more today.

Form: 0

(2)

Jahaafel¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Liam Jones| T: W J Haggas

7/2

€400,000 son of French 2000 Guineas winner Style Vendome out of a winning mare from a good German family. Bred to be better suited to this trip, having been fancied on his two previous starts, and yard 9-25 here since 2014.

Form: 4-4

(1)

Our Power²⁸¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Nicola Currie⁽³⁾| T: A KingWS

10/1

Power Colt who cost €75,000 as a yearling and is a half-brother to Listed winning Moe Green. Looked green on last year's debut and has had wind surgery since.

Form: 4-

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Trafalgar Girl

Age: 3| Weight: 8-0| J: Noel Garbutt⁽³⁾| T: D J S Ffrench Davis

25/1

6,500 gns yearling by Champs Elysees out of an unraced speedily bred dam. Yard would not be expected to have many first time out winners at this level.

Form:

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 25p in the pound

Non-Runners

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Deliverance¹⁹

Weight: 8-5| Age: 3

T: A M Balding J: J Quinn

Forecasts

Dazzling Rock (2/1), Deliverance (5/2), Jahaafel (7/2), Demon D'Aunou (5/1), Our Power (10/1), Trafalgar Girl (25/1)

Deliverance has bags of scope to improve on what he has shown and the extra 2f will benefit him. He looks one for handicaps further down the line and he may find JAHAAFEL too good this time. The Newmarket raider is bred to want this far and should step up on his reappearance when he looked rusty.