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Thursday 20 June 2019

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thesecretspa.net EBF Novice Stakes

Off time: 14:11 | Winning time: 1m 15.06s

(8)

Coastal Mist²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Sean Davis⁽³⁾| T: J & S Quinn| D

7/4

€27,000 yearling; green, but off to the perfect start when winning by a short-head on debut at Wetherby (5½f, good to firm) three weeks ago; there's every likelihood that this extra half furlong will suit, but does face different ground conditions.

Form: 1

(2)

Constitutional³⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: K R Burke

17/2

Beaten 3L when finishing third on debut at Southwell (5f) in April; weakened quickly from the two furlong pole in a much stronger contest at Windsor the following month; still early days, albeit needs to bounce back.

Form: 36

(9)

Kilig^t1¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby

20/1

Runner up (14/1) on debut at Beverley; unable to back that up on soft ground at Haydock (5f) when finishing fifth of seven to the promising Dubai Station.

Form: 25

(4)

National League

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: P Mathers| T: R A Fahey

14/1

€67,000 foal, £28,000 yearling; seventh foal; closely related to the 7f juvenile winner Mutafarrid; half-brother to two other winners; stablemate of the once-raced Silver Mission.

Form:

(6)

Silver Mission³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey

11/4

60,000gns yearling; raced keenly on debut at Carlisle (5f, good to firm) and was found wanting at the business end when finishing 3L fifth of 11 to Rayong (a form-line which ties in with Coastal Miss through Star Of St James); trainer saddles two.

Form: 5

(5)

What A Business²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: P Mulrennan| T: R Fell & S Murray

7/1

Left the care of Jamie Osborne after finishing an unlucky in running third to Allhallowtide in a Beverley claimer (5f, good to soft) three weeks ago; steps back up to 6f on debut for Roger Fell.

Form: 203

(3)

William Alexander

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Barry McHugh| T: J L Eyre

50/1

25,000gns vendor yearling; fourth foal; half-brother to the 1m4f winner Flicker Flame; dam was unplaced over 7f as a juvenile; others are far more obvious candidates.

Form:

(7)

Just Jean¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: A Mullen| T: Micky Hammond

7/1

Society Rock filly (£6,000 juvenile); out-ran her 66/1 odds on debut when finishing 5L second to the subsequent Salisbury winner Praxeology over C&D (good) a fortnight ago; needs more.

Form: 2

Non-Runners

(1)

Al Aakif¹⁸

Weight: 9-9| Age: 2

T: W J Haggas J: D Tudhope

Forecasts

Al Aakif (13/8), Coastal Mist (7/4), Silver Mission (11/4), What A Business (7/1), Just Jean (7/1), Constitutional (17/2), National League (14/1), Kilig (20/1), William Alexander (50/1)

AL AAKIF did plenty wrong in the preliminaries at Nottingham but thankfully for connections, he also did plenty right in the race itself when making a smooth winning debut. Assuming that he is stronger and wiser for that initial racecourse experience, it's highly probable that he's capable of defying a penalty with that form already appearing solid (third-placed Tom Tulliver was a Yarmouth scorer next up).