14:25 Sandown

Friday 6 July 2018

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Good Care Group British EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:26 | Winning time: 1m 29.76s

(4)

Alrajaa

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Jim Crowley| T: J & T Gosden

7/2

Dubawi colt, half-brother to a Listed winner over this trip and two other winners. Dam a Listed winner over this trip. Plenty to like about him on paper and yard more than capable of readying one for debut. Fascinating contender.

Form:

(7)

Arctic Sound¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: S De Sousa| T: C & M Johnston

3/1

Poet's Voice colt, cost 36,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to two winners. Dam a Listed winner, sister to a Listed winner over this trip and half-sister to a Group 2 winner as a juvenile. Runner-up at Haydock on debut and should improve.

Form: 2

(6)

Canal Rocks²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Fran Berry| T: H Candy

4/1

Aussie Rules colt, dam a half-sister to a Group 3 winner over this trip. Outran his odds here on debut and sure to go well again with improvement on the cards.

Form: 3

(2)

Fox Tal

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: A M Balding

11/2

Sea The Stars colt, cost 475,000 gns as a yearling. Hal-brother to six winners. Dam a half-sister to two Group 1 winners over 1m4f. Fascinating runner on paper and beautifully bred but likely to be better suited by further.

Form:

(3)

Green Etoile

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: David Egan| T: A King

40/1

Nathaniel gelding, cost 22,000 gns as a yearling. Dam a winner and half-sister to a Listed winner. Not a good sign he's already been gelded and others make more appeal.

Form:

(1)

Line Of Duty

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: James Doyle| T: C Appleby

3/1

Galileo colt, cost 400,000 gns as a yearling. Full-brother to two winners. Dam a juvenile winner (7f) and only denied the 1,000 Guineas in the stewards' room. Well bred and yard have a good record with their juveniles this year. Should go well.

Form:

(9)

St Ouen¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: R L Moore| T: R Hannon

25/1

Alhebayeb colt, cost €50,000 as a yearling. Half-brother to two winners and dam a half-sister to Group 1 winner King's Stand winner. Well beaten on debut but likely to take a step forward from that effort. Upped in trip here.

Form: 7

Non-Runners

(5)

Numero Uno

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: M Meade J: Callum Shepherd

(8)

Sinjaari²¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: E A L Dunlop J: A Kirby

Forecasts

Arctic Sound (3/1), Line Of Duty (3/1), Alrajaa (7/2), Canal Rocks (4/1), Fox Tal (11/2), Sinjaari (7/1), Numero Uno (14/1), St Ouen (25/1), Green Etoile (40/1)

A particularly strong looking novice event in which plenty make appeal on paper. LINE OF DUTY is the preferred option with given his pedigree and the yard's juveniles have been in fine form throughout the season. Alrajaa represents a top yard that can ready a juvenile and he's another with an eye-catching pedigree. Of the remainder, Arctic Sound and Canal Rocks both made promising debuts and might be capable of taking a step forward.