14:00 Beverley

Thursday 15 August 2019

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EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:01 | Winning time: 1m 5.31s

(12)

Astrozone

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: G Lee| T: B Smart

20/1

£22,000 yearling; fourth foal from a speedy dam (5f-6f winner); half-sister to three winners which include Rocket Power (6f-1m).

Form:

(3)

Band Practice¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: D Tudhope| T: A Watson

5/2

€50,000 foal; didn't necessarily have an ideal introduction to racing when runner-up to the 94-rated Al Raya (1/16f) in a match race at Lingfield (5f, good to firm); she'll be exposed to a very different test here; not discounted.

Form: 2

(8)

Bay Filly Rolla²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: M Dods

25/1

Slowly away and always in the rear (20/1) when eighth of ten to Seize The Time in an identical fillies' novice over C&D last month; stablemate of Excel And Succeed.

Form: 8

(4)

Dancing Leopard¹²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: B A Curtis| T: K R Burke

5/1

€8,000 yearling; off the track since finishing just under 5L fourth to Lambeth Walk on debut at Windsor (5f, good) in April; difficult in the stalls on that occasion.

Form: 4

(11)

Excel And Succeed

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: P Mulrennan| T: M Dods

16/1

80,000gns yearling who carries the well-known silks of Geoff & Sandra Turnbull; sixth foal from a 7f winning dam; half-sister to three winners (6f-1m2f); stablemate of Bay Filly Rolla.

Form:

(10)

Galadriel²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR: 78| BF

2/1

Finished strongly when fourth on debut (16-1) in the Listed Marygate Stakes at York (5f, good to firm) in May before tackling the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot (14th); didn't stay 7f when a beaten favourite latest.

Form: 404

(5)

Midnight Mimosa⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Rachel Richardson| T: T D Easterby

66/1

£20,000 yearling; failed to take a step forward from debut when finishing last of six (always in the rear) to well-backed stablemate Vintage Times at Ripon (5f, good to soft) last week.

Form: 56

(1)

Prisma¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Hart| T: I Furtado

50/1

£12,000 yearling; 25-1 when a distant last of six to Ishvara on debut in a 5f fillies' novice at Nottingham (soft) a fortnight ago; unappealing on that evidence.

Form: 6

(2)

Say It Simple

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey

4/1

Iffraaj filly; sixth foal from a Pivotal mare; half-sister to three winners which include Strings Of Life (5f-6½f); won't have to be anything too special in order to make a winning debut.

Form:

(6)

Sweet Embrace¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Cam Hardie| T: J S Wainwright

100/1

Kodiac filly; well beaten on her first two starts, including over C&D (good) 16 days ago; evidently won't be the solution.

Form: 49

Non-Runners

(7)

Lady Nectar

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: Mrs A Duffield J: J Garritty

(9)

Ruby Wonder⁹

Weight: 9-0| Age: 2

T: D O'Meara J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Galadriel (2/1), Band Practice (5/2), Ruby Wonder (7/2), Say It Simple (4/1), Dancing Leopard (5/1), Excel And Succeed (16/1), Lady Nectar (16/1), Astrozone (20/1), Bay Filly Rolla (25/1), Prisma (50/1), Midnight Mimosa (66/1), Sweet Embrace (100/1)

The Richard Fahey-trained Say It Simple makes her racecourse debut at a reasonable level, and this Iffraaj filly won't have to be too special in order to make a winning debut. However, it's worth giving one more chance to GALADRIEL based on the assumption that she didn't stay 7f when a beaten favourite at Thirsk three weeks ago. She drops back in trip here and ought to be able to win a race of this nature based upon her fine debut fourth in York's Listed Marygate Stakes (5f).