15:45 Hamilton

Tuesday 2 July 2019

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racingtv.com Novice Stakes

Off time: 15:47 | Winning time: 1m 12.28s

(8)

Last Empire²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D Tudhope| T: K A Ryan| CD

4/7

Was always in the van before powering clear inside the final furlong to beat Puerto Banus by a comfortable 2½L over C&D (soft) last month; holds very strong claims under a penalty.

Form: 3-1

(1)

Trulove⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Harry Russell⁽⁷⁾| T: J Riches| OR: 41

100/1

27-race maiden; holds no conceivable chance at these weights (or any other weights for that matter); can be safely ignored.

Form: 076-886

(6)

Belvelly Boy

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara

11/1

Unraced Showcasing filly out of a US bred mare (Freedom Pass); the market should hold relevant clues with regards her winning chances; will need to be smart in order to trouble Last Empire.

Form:

(4)

Delachance^h⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Hogan⁽⁵⁾| T: D M Simcock| OR: 74

9/4

£40,000 juvenile; is improving gradually with racing and seems to have taken well to the application of a hood; was beaten a head by the James Tate-trained Local History in a 6f Yarmouth maiden (good to firm) 41 days ago.

Form: 7-32

(5)

Indiaro¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J P Sullivan| T: Miss L A Perratt

100/1

Underwhelming on both starts to date (6f-1m1f); it'll be a major turn up for the books if this locally trained 3yo is positively involved; stablemate of Jordan's Chris.

Form: 99

(3)

Jordan's Chris^h1³⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: Miss L A Perratt

80/1

£12,000 juvenile; sent off at triple figure odds on both previous starts (5f-6f), showing nowhere near enough to suggest that she'll be competitive in this contest on seasonal return; newly hooded stablemate of Indiaro.

Form: 64-

(7)

Perfect Charm¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: B A Curtis| T: A Watson

11/2

42,000gns yearling; clearly isn't one of the leading lights at Archie Watson's Lambourn HQ; showed pace until weakening from the furlong pole at Carlisle (6f, good to soft) a fortnight ago; place claims only.

Form: 64

(2)

See My Baby Jive²⁵⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Jason Hart| T: D W Whillans

50/1

Coach House filly; 100/1 on debut at Newcastle (6f) last October when slowly away and a never involved ninth of 12 to Jack Berry House; look elsewhere.

Form: 9-

Forecasts

Last Empire (4/7), Delachance (9/4), Perfect Charm (11/2), Belvelly Boy (11/1), See My Baby Jive (50/1), Jordan's Chris (80/1), Indiaro (100/1), Trulove (100/1)

Delachance is improving with racing and can be considered as the only realistic danger to the recent soft ground C&D winner LAST EMPIRE. Kevin Ryan's filly should take all of the beating despite carrying a penalty for that relatively smooth success and gets the confident vote to make it 2-2 at Hamilton Park.