14:00 Leicester
Friday 5 April 2019
All14:0014:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:2517:55
British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes
- 2YO only | Class 5 | 5f | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:01 | Winning time: 1m 1.10s
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Price rose to £42,000 as a yearling from €22,000 as a foal; pedigree looks a speedy one (by Dandy Man out of an unraced mare; half sister to two useful 6f winners). Yard have plenty of juvenile winners; 20-219 with debutantes last five seasons.
Newcomer from a yard not noted for their debutante juveniles (4-166 last five years). Half-brother to 5f winner (including as a two-year-old Gold Stone); dam also sprint winner and a half-sister to smart sprinter Masta Plasta; worth a market check.
Yard already off the mark with juveniles (won the Brocklesby); 14% strike-rate with their two-year-old debutantes. Half-brother to juvenile winner 5f winner Mr Buttons out of an unraced dam; likely to be useful/well-fancied given connections.
Second juvenile runner of the season for this yard which are hardly prolific with juveniles (4-79 last five years with newcomers). Half-brother to three winners out of an unraced dam; looks to need time and distance.
Trainer 0-3 with juveniles so far this year; first foal out of a dam who won at up to 7f. Yard have a 23-227 record with newcomers in the past five years; others look sharper.
Trainer has made a cracking start with his juveniles (two winning newcomers already); has a 20% strike-rate with first-time out juveniles generally. First foal by Sepoy out of an unraced dam who has some useful relations; likely to be well fancied.
Only one with experience in this contest having finished a good third in the Brocklesby (beaten 2L by a Fahey newcomer). Did the best of the quartet the yard ran in the race; speedily bred, reproduction of that run will see him go close in this.
Cost €8,000 as a foal; sister to a winner at up to 7f City Guest (two-year-old 5f winner); dam lightly-raced half-sister to smart 1m5f winner (stayed 2m) Road To Mandalay. Second juvenile runner of the year for yard; moderate record with newcomers.
First foal who only cost 3,000 guineas as a yearling out of an unraced mare who has some speedy and quite useful relations. Yard not known for their first-time out juveniles though (2-54 last five years); best watched on debut.
Price decreased markedly from foal to yearling; fourth foal, half-sister to useful 6f winner Aleef (dam once-raced half-sister). Little show from the three two-year-olds the trainer has run so far; 1-55 with newcomers in this sphere last five years.
Non-Runners
1
(6)
Barry Magoo
Weight: 9-5| Age: 2
T: A West J: Charlie Bennett
NR
8
(7)
Spiritulist
Weight: 9-5| Age: 2
T: P D Evans J: Non Runner
NR
Forecasts
Zulu Zander (10/11), Foad (5/1), Mr Fudge (6/1), Danny Ocean (10/1), Six Gun (10/1), Sir Gordon (14/1), Spiritulist (16/1), Es Que Pearl (25/1), Barry Magoo (33/1), Queens Road (50/1), Never Said Nothing (50/1), Brown Eyes Blue (66/1)
As with most early-season juvenile races a lot of guesswork is involved with only one of these having run before. The experience gained by Zulu Zander on his debut won’t have been lost on him and that should enable him to go close here. Two trainers that are always worth looking out for in early season two-year-old contests are Richard Fahey and Archie Watson, the former runs Mr Fudge who is well worth watching in the betting while the latter saddles SIX GUN. Watson has already saddled two first-time out juvenile winners this year and this one has the potential to be a third. Foad and Danny Ocean are two others worthy of respect in an interesting opener to the card.
- Six Gun
- Zulu Zander
- Mr Fudge
Prize Money
1st: £3,752.002nd: £1,116.003rd: £558.004th: £279.00
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