14:15 Hamilton

Tuesday 2 July 2019

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BB Foodservice Novice Auction Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 1m 12.2s

(7)

Coastal Mist¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| BF| D

7/4

Wetherby debut winner (5½f, good to firm); went close to following up when caught close home by Silver Mission at Ripon (6f, good to soft) 12 days ago; just about holds National League on that basis.

Form: 12

(2)

Don Ramiro⁴³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan

8/1

Resold for €15,000 as a yearling; showed pace on debut at Redcar (6f, good to firm) before weakening to finish approximately 4L fourth of seven to Troubador.

Form: 4

(4)

Dragon Command^p1³²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: George Scott| OR: 76

5/1

War Command gelding; found the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom (6f, good) overly competitive latest; merits respect on his earlier Carlisle (5f, good to firm) second to Rayong - form is working out well; cheekpieces applied.

Form: 525

(5)

National League¹²

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

3/1

Green on debut when finishing fourth to Silver Mission at Ripon (6f, good to soft); needs to improve in order to reverse placings with Coastal Mist (second) but that's not beyond the realms of possibility; trainer also saddles Sir Havelock.

Form: 4

(8)

Sir Havelock¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Sean Davis⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey

20/1

Beaten over 6L on debut at Carlisle (6f, good to soft) but that initial experience shouldn't be lost on him (green in the preliminaries); stablemate of National League.

Form: 4

(1)

Too Hard To Hold¹¹

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

8/1

Camacho colt; backed out of contention quickly from the two furlong pole when finishing fourth of five to Sovereign Beauty at Goodwood (6f, good) 11 days ago; needs to do better on his second start.

Form: 4

(9)

Yorkshire Grey^h1

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: S A Gray| T: Mrs A Duffield

33/1

€20,000 yearling, €30,000 juvenile; fourth foal from a US winning dam (1m+, dirt); interesting to see if he attracts any market support on debut but trainer isn't a regular source of 2yo winners; hooded.

Form:

(3)

Congratulate³³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby

25/1

Inexpensive purchase (£800); dam was a half-sister to three winners, including Elegiac (1m-1m6f); needs more time judged upon what we've witnessed on the track to date.

Form: 86

Non-Runners

(6)

Franchement Chop

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: I Jardine J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Coastal Mist (7/4), National League (3/1), Dragon Command (5/1), Too Hard To Hold (8/1), Don Ramiro (8/1), Franchement Chop (14/1), Sir Havelock (20/1), Congratulate (25/1), Yorkshire Grey (33/1)

Coastal Mist is almost certain to give his running for the in-form Malton handler John Quinn and should have the measure of National League. However, the form horse is the now cheek-pieced Newmarket raider DRAGON COMMAND who undoubtedly found the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom overly competitive latest. However, his earlier Carlisle second to Rayong has been handsomely franked by both Spartan Fighter (fourth) and Silver Mission (fifth).