14:30 Chepstow

Monday 24 June 2019

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Alan Bushell On Course Bookmaker Novice Stakes

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 2m 7.45s

(2)

Limited Reserve⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: F Sweeney| T: Christian Williams

40/1

Has done well over hurdles, twice winning over 2m3f on heavy ground at Haydock in late 2017; three starts this year have been mixed though and was well held on debut run in a novice stakes on the Flat at Windsor last week. Has a bit to prove.

Form: 79

(6)

Zaydanides⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Joey Haynes| T: Tim Pinfield

100/1

Only showed promise once from three starts in bumpers and was never a factor in his debut run on the Flat at Windsor in April. Hard to recommend just now.

Form: 0

(8)

Dancing Lilly⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Racheal Kneller⁽⁵⁾| T: Mat Salaman

100/1

Well beaten in both previous starts; has a middle distance pedigree and looks destined for modest handicaps over those sort of distances before long. Best watched here.

Form: 00

(1)

Train To Georgia¹⁰¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: David Probert| T: J Tuite

9/2

Won over a mile on the Polytrack at Lingfield in March and been given plenty of time since then; he cost 60,000 gns as a two-year-old and more to offer on turf even though a synthetic surface might be more in keeping with his pedigree.

Form: 1

(7)

Dilmun Dynasty¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K Shoemark| T: Sir Michael Stoute| BF

11/8

1,000,000 gns son of Sea The Stars, the colt has already shown potential over this trip twice already; a winner has already come out of his latest start; well worth a betting check.

Form: 34

(3)

Saffran²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Dane O'Neill| T: S & E Crisford

1/1

Got going late in the day over an extended mile on debut at Nottingham at the start of this month and has clear promise for more to come over this trip. Shortlisted.

Form: 3

(4)

Arcadienne²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Harry Bentley| T: R M Beckett

10/1

Two modest efforts posted on the AW need to be bettered and the filly comes here with a bit to prove; will be of more interest once she has a rating for handicaps.

Form: 77

(9)

Ocean Reach²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Tom Marquand| T: R J Price| OR: 40

100/1

Is the most experienced of this lot but is also already exposed as ordinary and very likely others are far more progressive. Hard to recommend.

Form: 77879-0

(5)

Para Queen²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Ellie Mackenzie⁽⁷⁾| T: H Main

66/1

Made little impact in two starts so far; well held on debut on turf and no progress when down the field on the AW latest; another who is hard to recommend on the evidence available.

Form: 0-8

Forecasts

Saffran (1/1), Dilmun Dynasty (11/8), Train To Georgia (9/2), Arcadienne (10/1), Limited Reserve (40/1), Para Queen (66/1), Ocean Reach (100/1), Dancing Lilly (100/1), Zaydanides (100/1)

Connections of DILMUN DYNASTY will no doubt have held higher aspirations than a Class 5 Novice Stakes at Chepstow when they invested 1,000,000 gns in the son of Sea The Stars; but he's getting his act together and can use this as a platform to better things. Sir Michael Stoute is a past master at nurturing animals of his type and the colt can only go on from here. Train To Georgia made a winning start on the AW and has to be respected for that fact alone; the step up in trip is less of a concern than her ability to handle turf at this stage. Saffran, on the other hand, showed plenty of promise when he eventually got going on debut and might be more of a threat this time.