Truckingby Brian Yeardley Two Year Old Trophy Conditions Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 1m 4.15s

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Oh Purple Reign⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon

5/4

Beat Thursday's Haydock winner Dubai Station by ¾L on debut at Nottingham (6f, good to firm) before coming off second best to Pinatubo in the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom (6f, good); boasts rock-solid credentials despite dropping back to 5f.

Form: 12

(3)

Xcelente³⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| BF| D

13/2

62,000gns yearling; won what has turned out to be a relatively modest maiden on debut at Thirsk (5f, good to firm) in April; turned over at odds of 4/9f by Kidda (finished behind him at Thirsk) at Pontefract 38 days ago.

Form: 12

(2)

Dream Shot¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: J Tate| D

7/2

12,000gns yearling; hit the back of the net on his debut at Goodwood (5f, good to firm) a fortnight ago when beating Spanish Angel by a neck; of course is open to improvement, although the merits of that form are also open to discussion.

Form: 1

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Rodnee Tee²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Cam Hardie| T: D O'Meara| CD

14/1

Roderic O'Connor gelding; 14/1 when making a winning debut over C&D in April (good to firm); runner up on both subsequent starts, only headed on the line by the winning debutante Probable Cause (Archie Watson) at Wolverhampton latest.

Form: 122

(5)

Summer Sands²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Barry McHugh| T: R A Fahey

11/4

Coach House gelding who fetched £85,000 at the Breeze-ups; keeping on third on debut at York (5f, good to firm) last month in a race which has already yielded a couple of winners (Monoski and Sun Power); obvious contender.

Form: 3

Non-Runners

(4)

Cool Sphere¹¹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 2

T: R M H Cowell J: Louis Steward

Forecasts

Oh Purple Reign (5/4), Summer Sands (11/4), Dream Shot (7/2), Xcelente (13/2), Cool Sphere (7/1), Rodnee Tee (14/1)

Summer Sands is undoubtedly capable of building upon a respectable opening effort at York behind Bomb Proof in a race which has yielded a couple of subsequent winners, while the appropriately named Dream Shot hit the target at the first time of asking at Goodwood a fortnight ago. However, the standout form-based choice is the Woodcote Stakes runner up OH PURPLE REIGN. Furthermore, his debut win at Nottingham (6f) was given a timely boost by the runner up Dubai Station at Haydock on Thursday.