14:30 Yarmouth

Thursday 26 July 2018

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Injured Jockeys Fund Novice Auction Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:32 | Winning time: 1m 13.16s

(5)

Pink Iceburg¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: S W Kelly| T: R Hughes| OR: 77| C

13/8

Dropped back to 5f when making all to get off the mark at the third attempt (here) earlier this month; penalty to carry and back up in trip, but her trainer is in fine form having saddled three winners at Ffos Las on Tuesday.

Form: 341

(7)

Fognini¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Edward Greatrex| T: A Watson

6/4

Society Rock colt (€12,000 juvenile); 13/2 and finished a staying on 6½L third to Light My Fire on debut at Wolverhampton recently (6f); further progress anticipated now switched to turf for his second start.

Form: 3

(1)

Approve The Dream²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Shelley Birkett⁽³⁾| T: Miss J Feilden

20/1

Half-brother to winners in Greece (cost 3,500gns as a juvenile); 80/1 and improvement needed on his down the field debut tenth of 12 to Happy Odyssey in a 6f Newmarket novice auction stakes last month.

Form: 0

(2)

Picture Poet⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-9| J: Nicola Currie⁽³⁾| T: H Spiller| OR: 69

5/1

Cost just €4,500 as a yearling, and hadn't shown much on the AW until a vastly improved (but comfortably held) runner-up effort at Chelmsford recently (6f); interesting to see how he handles the switch to turf.

Form: 772

(6)

Nervous Nerys⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: M Dwyer| T: R Spencer

25/1

Kodiac filly (£15,000 juvenile); weakened quickly from 2f out on debut at Lingfield (6f AW) last week, so needs to prove herself as stronger now switched to turf in order to make any impression.

Form: 6

(4)

Gregarious Girl

Age: 2| Weight: 8-4| J: Milly Naseb⁽⁵⁾| T: S C Williams

25/1

800gns juvenile; second foal out of a 5f AW winning dam (Wiki Tiki); stable have saddled a few juvenile winners this term, but this filly doesn't really catch the eye on pedigree, and consequently is only of interest if market support is evident.

Form:

(3)

Tigerinmytank

Age: 2| Weight: 8-4| J: David Egan| T: Tom Clover

20/1

€7,000 yearling; third foal out of a 6f-1m winning dam (Tiger Club); most likely one for the future rather than the present.

Form:

Forecasts

Fognini (6/4), Pink Iceburg (13/8), Picture Poet (5/1), Tigerinmytank (20/1), Approve The Dream (20/1), Nervous Nerys (25/1), Gregarious Girl (25/1)

In some ways PINK ICEBURG is slightly vulnerable upped to 6f, but on balance the positives outweigh the negatives in a very winnable contest. She's proven at this track (5f) under near identical conditions, clearly taking a considerable step forward from her opening couple of runs and already has a handicap mark of 77. Furthermore, her trainer Richard Hughes is enjoying a stellar week with a treble at Ffos Las on Tuesday. Possible dangers include Fognini and Picture Poet, but that pair have only raced on artificial surfaces to date, so also arrive with some question marks to address.