17:45 Wolverhampton

Saturday 8 December 2018

All17:1517:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:45

Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost EBF Novice Stakes (Div 1)

Off time: 17:47 | Winning time: 1m 49.48s

(9)

Fields Of Athenry¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Shepherd| T: J Tate| CD

2/1

Candy Ride colt that went unsold as a yearling at $95,000. Attracted money in the market over C&D on debut and won going away. Penalty to carry here but will be a leading contender with further progress.

Form: 1

(10)

Crimewave⁴⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: L Morris| T: Tom Clover

22/1

Teofilo half-brother to useful 5f-7f winner Enlace and 2-y-o 6f winner Overstep. Held up and not really involved in two starts so far. Major improvement needed to take this and wide draw doesn't help.

Form: 85

(2)

Lucipherus²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: M M Monaghan| T: M Botti

20/1

Cost 42,00 gns and is a half-brother to winners between 1m and 1m2f. Well held on both starts so far including over a furlong further here last time and needs to take a step forward on that now.

Form: 94

(8)

Marhaban^b1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: A Kirby| T: C Appleby

7/2

Son of New Approach that fetched a tidy sum of 240,000 as a yearling. Brother to 7f Listed winner and Poule d'Essai des Poulains second Hey Gaman. Blinkers enlisted on debut for powerful connections.

Form:

(5)

Mojave

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Adam J McNamara| T: H & R Charlton

14/1

Son of Dream Ahead. Trainer has only had four two-year-old newcomers so far this year but three of those came on the AW. Nice pedigree and market check needed on debut.

Form:

(11)

New King²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| BF

11/4

By Frankel out a German Group 3 winner and a half-brother to six winners including Listed winner Marina Piccola. Slowly away and never on terms when sent off a short priced favourite on debut. Should do better.

Form: 4

(3)

Rich Cummins¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: P J McDonald| T: C & M Johnston

33/1

Dalakhani colt that cost 75,000 gns as a yearling. Well beaten on debut over this C&D and is likely to do better once tackling longer trips.

Form: 0

(7)

Sea Of Marengo³²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: J F Egan| T: Paul George

80/1

4,500 gns son of Battle Of Marengo and half-brother to a 6f AW winner. Well held in both starts so far and handicaps should suit better on the back of this.

Form: 86

(1)

Sunvisor¹⁴

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

8/1

Cheap purchase but showed the benefit of a run when running a cracker over C&D on second start to finish second. Any further improvement would see him on the premises once more.

Form: 52

(6)

Twpsyn

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: C Lee| T: P D Evans

80/1

Already gelded son of Es Que Love that cost £22,000 as a yearling. Related to a few winners but others have stronger paper claims.

Form:

(12)

Upper School¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: S Donohoe| T: D M Simcock

150/1

Oasis Dream filly out of a modest AW winner. Well held on both starts so far and probably best watched once again.

Form: 08

Non-Runners

(4)

Purbeck Hills²⁸

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: R Hannon J: S M Levey

Forecasts

Fields Of Athenry (2/1), New King (11/4), Marhaban (7/2), Purbeck Hills (11/2), Sunvisor (8/1), Mojave (14/1), Lucipherus (20/1), Crimewave (22/1), Rich Cummins (33/1), Sea Of Marengo (80/1), Twpsyn (80/1), Upper School (150/1)

Marhaban makes obvious appeal on debut although it is a little worrying that the blinkers go straight on. Fields Of Athenry won well on debut and will be a major force once again under the penalty. Better is expected of NEW KING who was well backed but slowly away on debut and can get back on track here.