Chasemore Farm EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:41 | Winning time: 1m 34.05s

(4)

King's Caper

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: C & M Johnston

12/1

11,000gns yearling; seventh foal; half-brother to three winners including Kinglet (7f-1m) and Potent Embrace (1m-1m2f); trainer has a solid record in this contest.

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(3)

Riot

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J & T Gosden

1/1

Kingman colt out of the 5f winning juvenile Alexander Queen; €850,000 yearling; half-brother to five winners including Alkasser (6f-7f, inc Listed), C Note (6f-1m2f) and Dragon King (6f); very interesting prospect on paper.

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(2)

Shared Belief

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Edward Greatrex| T: A Watson

17/2

€185,000 yearling; second foal from a 7f winning dam (Hidden Belief) who was closely related to the 6f Listed winner Cape Factor; yard are flying at present and took this race with Julius Limbani in 2018.

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(5)

Visible Charm²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: James Doyle| T: C Appleby

6/4

Invincible Spirit colt who fetched 575,000gns as a juvenile (€90,000 yearling); good pedigree from a 1m1f Group 3 winning dam (Mare Nostrum); produced with a winning challenge on debut at Haydock (6f, good to firm) but run down late by Pierre Lapin.

Form: 2

(6)

Vulcan

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Mitch Godwin⁽³⁾| T: H J L Dunlop

40/1

Fifth foal; half-brother to a couple of winners, namely Fighting Irish (6f) and Well Done (5f AW); it's likely that a few of the others with 'sexier' pedigrees will prove stronger.

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Non-Runners

(1)

Moulmein

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: S Kirk J: Tom Marquand

Forecasts

Riot (1/1), Visible Charm (6/4), Shared Belief (17/2), King's Caper (12/1), Moulmein (14/1), Vulcan (40/1)

An interesting maiden in which the Godolphin-owned VISIBLE CHARM is the only runner with previous racecourse experience. He was produced with what appeared to be a race winning challenge on debut at Haydock (6f) three weeks ago before the promising Pierre Lapin (Roger Varian) swept past inside the final furlong for an ultimately decisive 3½L win. Nevertheless, that was a pleasing opening effort and assuming that he copes with today's softer ground (the extra furlong should suit) he should have the measure of the newcomers Riot, Shared Belief and King's Caper.