13:30 Ripon

Saturday 18 August 2018

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

CHS Vehicles Novice Auction Stakes

Off time: 13:32 | Winning time: 1m 42.21s

(9)

Off Piste^h,t¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Yuga Kawada| T: T D Easterby

9/4

Cost 30,000 gns as a yearling and showed plenty of promise on debut before failing to improve on that on his second start. Got worked up in the stalls and may not be entirely straightforward. Hood and tongue-tie worn on both starts retained.

Form: 43

(4)

Chiniak^b1²³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby

20/1

Long odds and always in the rear on debut and now headgear goes on. Will need further in time but still hard to make a case for.

Form: 0

(5)

Palazzo²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: G Lee| T: B Smart

16/1

Son of Morpheus cost connections £16,000 at the breeze-up sales in April. Never got going on debut and needs to improve significantly.

Form: 0

(2)

The Gabba

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: T Hamilton| T: R Fell & S Murray

10/1

By Vocalised out of a Galileo mare and a half-brother to Intense Style. Stable yet to get a juvenile in the money this year and looks best watched on debut.

Form:

(1)

Whiskey And Water²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison

2/1

Well behind Off Piste on debut but took a nice step forwards on his second start. Ran on as though this extra furlong will help on turf debut and looks one to consider.

Form: 54

(7)

Alfred The Grey¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: J Fanning| T: Miss Tracy Waggott

40/1

Well beaten at triple figure odds on both starts so far and likely to suffer the same fate again here.

Form: 87

(6)

Ritchie Star

Age: 2| Weight: 8-8| J: Cam Hardie| T: B Haslam

50/1

Cost £6,500 as a yearling and gelded ahead of debut. Represents a stable struggling at present and yet to have a juvenile winner this campaign.

Form:

(3)

Immokalee²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-5| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 72

5/2

Hasn't progressed from her very promising debut that would set a very high standard here. Struggled on opening handicap mark and dropped back to this company. Needs to bounce back and market support would be interesting.

Form: 3666

Non-Runners

(8)

Just Later

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: Miss A Murphy J: Charles Bishop

Forecasts

Whiskey And Water (2/1), Off Piste (9/4), Immokalee (5/2), The Gabba (10/1), Just Later (12/1), Palazzo (16/1), Chiniak (20/1), Alfred The Grey (40/1), Ritchie Star (50/1)

Immokalee would be hard to beat if returning to the standard of her racecourse debut but she has had three runs since now and it may pay to side with more progressive types. Off Piste finished in front of WHISKEY AND WATER on debut but the latter showed far more improvement on his second run compared to his rival and represents a stable whose juveniles tend to improve significantly for their early runs.