20:10 Chepstow

Tuesday 23 June 2020

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Invades, The Home Of Supercharged Racing Maiden Stakes

Off time: 20:12 | Winning time: 2m 6.56s

(4)

Celtic Arch

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Gavin Ashton⁽⁷⁾| T: B J Llewellyn

200/1

First foal. Dam won over 1m2f and 1m4f and stayed further. Making belated debut and only of interest if market suggests so.

Form:

(9)

Guardia Top¹³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: N J Hawke| C

14/1

Flat debut but lots of experience as a front-running hurdler and is rated 122 in that sphere. Best efforts were a handicap win at Sandown and Listed second at Doncaster so of some interest.

Form:

(11)

Ocean Reach¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: George Rooke⁽⁵⁾| T: R J Price| OR: 40

200/1

Third off a mark of just 46 in a handicap here last summer but that form is well below what id required in a maiden and not hard to look elsewhere.

Form: 45635-0

(7)

Bogeyman

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: H Morrison

25/1

55,000 gns yearling. Dam won over 1m and stayed this far. Related to five winners with Dutch Law who did so well for this trainer, the pick of them. Market should be useful.

Form:

(10)

Damage Control¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rob Hornby| T: A M Balding| OR: 82| BF

6/4

Has run creditably all starts and improved on his juvenile when just failing to get off the mark in strong Kempton 1m3f handicap recently. Drop down a furlong shouldn't be a concern and sets the standard with return to turf no problem.

Form: 7425-2

(3)

Relativity^p1²⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S M Levey| T: H J L DunlopWS

100/1

66/1 and well behind on 1m heavy ground debut last autumn. Wind operation and gelded since and now tries cheekpieces as well. Improvement clearly required.

Form: 8-

(1)

Uganda Heights¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: A M Balding

50/1

Only beat one home in 1m2f maiden at Newbury on belated debut but the fact he was sent off just 6/1 suggests far better was expected so should be capable of better somewhere down the line.

Form: 8

(14)

Wishing Gate^t1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J F Egan| T: W S Kittow

200/1

150/1 and hopelessly tailed off on Sandown debut at this trip last week and can't be fancied on that evidence.

Form: 0

(8)

American Pie¹⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M Blanshard

250/1

66/1 for Lingfield debut in January but offered nothing on that occasion over 1m and not hard to look elsewhere.

Form: 0

(2)

Sea Bay

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: H Crouch| T: S bin Suroor

17/2

85,000 gns yearling. Dam won at this trip and half-brother Dream Dubai won on debut. In teresting newcomer who should be monitored for yard capable of readying them first time.

Form:

(12)

Tajamhor¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Dane O'Neill| T: M P Tregoning

9/2

Showed something to work on when 3L fifth of 12 on recent AW debut at Lingfield at this trip. Not given a hard time and should be capable of improvement.

Form: 5

(13)

Zagrah³²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: K Shoemark| T: Owen Burrows

13/2

Got the hang of things late on when 2L second over 1m on debut at Kempton last August. Absence since a concern but her dam won three times over 1m4f so this step up in trip certainly in her favour.

Form: 2-

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 20p in the pound

Non-Runners

(6)

Boltissime¹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: Dr R D P Newland J: Non Runner

(5)

John Locke

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: R M Beckett J: Rossa Ryan

Forecasts

Damage Control (6/4), Tajamhor (9/2), Zagrah (13/2), John Locke (8/1), Sea Bay (17/2), Guardia Top (14/1), Boltissime (16/1), Bogeyman (25/1), Uganda Heights (50/1), Relativity (100/1), Ocean Reach (200/1), Wishing Gate (200/1), Celtic Arch (200/1), American Pie (250/1)

Not a bad maiden and with the likes of the lightly raced Zagrah and Tajamhor very likely to step forward from debut and some interesting newcomers on display. However, the 82 rated DAMAGE CONTROL sets a fair standard and just fell short on Kempton comeback and this affords him a fine opportunity.