18:35 Nottingham

Saturday 20 April 2019

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Castle Beauty Maiden Stakes

Off time: 18:57 | Winning time: 2m 12.15s

(3)

Aktau

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Charlie Bennett| T: R Varian

20/1

Teofilo gelding, half-brother to two winning milers. Dam a 7f winner as a juvenile and finished fourth in Irish 1,000 Guineas. Interesting debutante and market can guide for a yard in form.

Form:

(5)

Alhaazm¹²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jim Crowley| T: Sir Michael Stoute

2/1

Brother to an Irish 2,000 Guineas winner and has shown some ability in two AW starts. Likely to kick on this campaign and he's the pick of Crowley over the owner's other runner.

Form: 34-

(7)

Dubai Instinct²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Shepherd| T: B J Meehan

7/1

Took a big step forward from debut to second run when a respectable fourth of 17 in a Doncaster maiden. Should continue to improve here.

Form: 6-4

(1)

First In Line

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden

13/8

New Approach colt, half-brother to a Listed winner and dam a Listed winner and half-sister to a 1m Group 1 winner. Yard have sent some smart ones here for debut and this colt looks like a fascinating newcomer on paper.

Form:

(9)

Lexington Warlord¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon

100/1

Gelded prior to showing nothing on debut at Windsor last week. Hard to fancy on that evidence and will have needed to learn plenty in a very short space of time to get competitive here.

Form: 0

(6)

Memphis Bleek²¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: T E Whelan| T: I Furtado

50/1

Olympic Glory colt, cost 65,000 gns as a yearling. Half-brother to two winners and dam a juvenile winner over shorter trips. Outpaced on debut as a juvenile but like to do better this year and should appreciate this step up in trip.

Form: 6-

(8)

Munaazil

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Dane O'Neill| T: R Varian

9/1

Dubawi gelding, dam a half-sister to a Group placed juvenile winner and a 1m1f winner. Well bred sort who should appreciate this test but Crowley prefers Alhaazm. Yard in form.

Form:

(11)

Top Top¹⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Tristan Price⁽⁷⁾| T: Sir Michael Stoute| BF

6/1

Frankel colt who has run to a similar level on both his starts to date. Draw not ideal here though and needs improved now stepped up in trip.

Form: 54-

Non-Runners

(2)

Boreas Duke

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: M & D Easterby J: Nathan Evans

(10)

Platform Nineteen¹⁷⁶

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: M L W Bell J: Hayley Turner

(4)

Thelonious²⁹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: M L W Bell J: Louis Steward

Forecasts

First In Line (13/8), Alhaazm (2/1), Top Top (6/1), Dubai Instinct (7/1), Munaazil (9/1), Thelonious (14/1), Aktau (20/1), Platform Nineteen (33/1), Memphis Bleek (50/1), Boreas Duke (50/1), Lexington Warlord (100/1)

A wide-open maiden but the well bred FIRST IN LINE makes most appeal for a trainer who brought Golden Horn to this venue for his debut in the same colours. Alhaazam looks interesting on turf debut and in the same colours, it wouldn't be a surprise to see Munaazil run a big race on debut.