15:30 Brighton

Sunday 2 September 2018

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Chandlers BMW & Mini 68 Plate Novice Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 1m 21.24s

(1)

Two Blondes^v⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁷⁾| T: M R Channon| OR: 77

5/1

Broke his maiden when winning over 1m at Goodwood (good-to-soft) last week. Visor worn for the first time that day is retained dropping in distance.

Form: 332031

(8)

Miss Celestial^b³⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott

2/1

AW winner over 6f and ran well to finish fourth in a 7f Group 3 at Deauville (good-to-soft) at the end of July. Dropping in grade and likely to play a leading role.

Form: 134

(2)

Island Jungle

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: David Egan| T: S bin Suroor

4/1

Unraced son of Teofilo bought for 200,000 gns at the sales as a yearling. Half-brother to useful juvenile Brutal and represents a leading stable on debut.

Form:

(4)

Shellbrook³⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Watson⁽³⁾| T: C Appleby

5/1

Finished third on both starts so far including in a 6f novice event at Newmarket (good-to-firm) last time out. Represents a yard with a 39% strike-rate (9/23) in recent weeks.

Form: 33

(5)

Shining Torch³⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon

12/1

Beaten 8L when finishing seventh of 11 in a 7f novice contest at Newmarket (good-to-soft) on debut in July. Likely to have improved for that experience.

Form: 7

(6)

Tony Chestnut¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: J Mitchell| T: P W Chapple-Hyam

4/1

Not beaten far when finishing fifth over 7f in a Yarmouth novice stakes on good-to-soft ground when debuting last month. Worth a check in the market.

Form: 5

(3)

Usanecolt

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Rossa Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J A Osborne

50/1

Unraced son of Olympic Glory bought for £40,000 as a yearling. Half-brother to a couple of useful horses in France. Market support would be interesting on debut.

Form:

Non-Runners

(7)

Alkaamel³⁶

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: W J Haggas J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Miss Celestial (2/1), Tony Chestnut (4/1), Island Jungle (4/1), Shellbrook (5/1), Two Blondes (5/1), Shining Torch (12/1), Alkaamel (14/1), Usanecolt (50/1)

SHELLBROOK represents leading connections and he is taken to get off the mark following a couple of good third placed finishes. Miss Celestial is dropping markedly in grade following a good effort in Group company last time out and she can finish runner-up ahead of debutant Island Jungle who is in the same ownership as the selection.