14:35 Newcastle

Tuesday 22 October 2019

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Ladbrokes Where The Nation Plays EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 1m 27.03s

(3)

Amaan¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Dane O'Neill| T: S & E Crisford| D

11/2

Dawn Approach gelding; penalised for his 20-1 debut win at Leicester (7f, good to firm); backed up with a solid run in defeat to Rovaniemi at Lingfield (7f, standard) 19 days ago.

Form: 12

(14)

Bouncing Bobby¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: G Lee| T: M Dods

200/1

Out the back on both starts so far (limitations fully exposed); impossible to fancy on that evidence; stablemate of Double D's.

Form: 00

(4)

Carlos Felix³³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock

3/1

Son of Lope De Vega (cost €700,000 as a juvenile); shaped encouragingly on debut at Yarmouth (1m, good to firm) when finishing fourth of seven to Ursa Major (a stablemate of Grand Bazaar); trainer known to saddle winners at this track.

Form: 4

(5)

Count Of Amazonia³³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Hannon

14/1

Son of Lope De Vega (160,000gns yearling); has run to a similar level of form on both starts, including when finishing a couple of places behind today's rival Carlos Felix at Yarmouth (1m, good to firm); stablemate of Ziggle Pops.

Form: 66

(12)

Double D's³²

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

150/1

41,000gns yearling; 20-1 for debut at Ayr (7f, good), slowly away and never on terms last of ten to Gravity Force; stablemate of the less inspiring Bouncing Bobby.

Form: 0

(7)

Doubling Dice

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: H Palmer

28/1

Teofilo colt (57,000gns foal, 80,000gns vendor yearling); eighth foal; half-brother to four winners including the Group-placed I Love Me (7f); trainer is 8-35 (23%) with his juveniles at Gosforth Park (AW).

Form:

(11)

Dreaming Blue³³

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

100/1

Showcasing colt (62,000gns yearling); raced keenly on debut at Ayr (1m, good) before backpedalling from the two furlong pole to finish last of 12 to Morisco.

Form: 0

(10)

Foreshore

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke

25/1

First foal from the 5f-7f winner Skinny Love (inc AW); mildly interesting to see how he figures in the market for Karl Burke (9-75 (12%) with juveniles at Newcastle) although others are expected to prove stronger.

Form:

(13)

Grand Bazaar⁴⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| BF

5/6

Golden Horn colt (210,000gns foal); turned over at short odds (4-6f) on debut at Haydock (1m, soft) seven weeks ago; could appreciate the switch to a sounder racing surface; John Gosden has a 53% juvenile strike-rate (18-34) on the AW at Newcastle.

Form: 3

(9)

Khaloosy

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian

16/1

Dubawi colt out of a half-sister to the talented hurdler Supasundae; second foal; half-brother to the 1m winner Moqtarreb; noteworthy at the very least on racecourse debut for the in-form Newmarket handler Roger Varian.

Form:

(1)

Monsaraz

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: T Eaves| T: J G Given

200/1

Cityscape colt; third foal from a moderate dam; half-brother to the 7f-1m winner Wigan Warrior; others make more appeal.

Form:

(8)

Phoenix Strike

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: A Mullen| T: B Haslam

150/1

Casamento colt; second foal from a moderate dam (raced only as a juvenile); very surprising if he's primed to strike on debut; look elsewhere.

Form:

(2)

Rulers Kingdom¹²

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

100/1

Shamardal colt; has shown little to get excited about on two starts to date (turf and Fibresand); clearly isn't among the high rank of juveniles in Middleham.

Form: 96

Non-Runners

(6)

Ziggle Pops⁴⁰

Weight: 9-8| Age: 2

T: R Hannon J: S M Levey

Forecasts

Grand Bazaar (5/6), Carlos Felix (3/1), Ziggle Pops (9/2), Amaan (11/2), Count Of Amazonia (14/1), Khaloosy (16/1), Foreshore (25/1), Doubling Dice (28/1), Rulers Kingdom (100/1), Dreaming Blue (100/1), Double D's (150/1), Phoenix Strike (150/1), Monsaraz (200/1), Bouncing Bobby (200/1)

A potentially above average novice contest featuring a couple of previous winners (Amann and Ziggle Pops) as well as a number of interesting newcomers, most significantly Doubling Dice (Hugo Palmer) and Khaloosy (Roger Varian). Furthermore, with the Golden Horn colt Grand Bazaar representing John Gosden (has a 53% strike-rate with juveniles on Tapeta at Newcastle) this will almost certainly take some winning. In truth, this race appeals more as a watching brief for future as opposed to a betting medium, but it could be worth chancing the expensively acquired Lope De Vega colt CARLOS FELIX who travelled like a useful horse on debut at Yarmouth (1m).