13:50 Newcastle

Saturday 27 June 2020

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Betfair Backs Racing Welfare Chipchase Stakes (Group 3)

Off time: 13:52 | Winning time: 1m 12.27s

(5)

Brando²²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR: 115| BF| D

9/1

Couldn't improve upon his fine Abernant Stakes record (of 113) when finishing fifth (beaten in excess of 7L) to the progressive Oxted at Newmarket (6f, gd/fm) three weeks ago; is scheduled to make a much belated AW debut.

Form: 17244-5

(3)

Chiefofchiefs^v⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: B A Curtis| T: C Fellowes| OR: 100| D

17/2

Back to winning ways with a strong late thrust in the 19-runner Silver Wokingham at Royal Ascot (6f, good); has work to do with some of these rivals (at unfavourable weights) but is almost certain to relish the stiff 6f test.

Form: 79-6301

(6)

Fox Champion¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: S De Sousa| T: R Hannon| OR: 103| D

20/1

Made all, when a game winner of the German 2000 Guineas (Cologne) in May 2019; generally low-key since finishing third to Too Darn Hot in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat; 14th of 23 in the Royal Hunt Cup latest; drops back to 6f.

Form: 3977-00

(8)

Harry's Bar¹³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Tom Marquand| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 101| D

14/1

Sports a fine overall AW record (5-11), progressing onward and upwards from Class 4 & 5 handicaps; ran on strongly when beating Total Commitment by ½L at Lingfield (6f) in February; this race commands a career best performance.

Form: 3231-31

(2)

Judicial²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 109| D

9/1

Strong at the finish when springing a 20-1 surprise in the Listed Golden Rose Stakes at Lingfield (6f) last November, yet traditionally competes over the minimum trip; runner-up (Major Jumbo third) on Newmarket seasonal reappearance.

Form: 16151-2

(7)

Keystroke^t²²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Hart| T: S C Williams| OR: 107| D

33/1

66-1 winner of the 2019 Abernant Stakes (Brando third), and also placed in Group 3 company at Ascot (6f, soft); dwelt, and soon struggling when only sixth of seven in the 2020 Abernant Stakes; others appear more obvious.

Form: 36430-6

(12)

Major Jumbo²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 107| C| D

5/1

Early career AW form figures of 2121; has form lines closely associated with last year's Chipchase Stakes winner Invincible Army; should improve for his seasonal reappearance third (Judicial second) in Newmarket's Group 3 Palace House Stakes.

Form: 39170-3

(9)

Mubakker²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Dane O'Neill| T: Sir Michael Stoute| OR: 104| CD

13/8

Cost $500,000 as a juvenile; maintained his unbeaten AW record (3-3) with a visually eye-catching performance in a Class 2 C&D handicap (std/slow); Sir Michael Stoute's Speightstown colt would appear to possess a very bright future indeed.

Form: 41/17-1

(4)

Shabaaby⁴¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Watson| T: Owen Burrows| OR: 105| D

14/1

Carries the same racing silks as Mubakker; absent since producing a power-packed late finish in a 6f Conditions Stakes at Haydock (gd/sft) 413-days ago; retains potential, but will be doing extremely well to be competitive in this Group 3 contest.

Form: 14347/1-

(1)

Shimmering Dawn¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: J Tate| OR: 94| BF| D

40/1

Progressive as a three-year-old, rattling off a hat-trick of wins in Class 3-5 handicaps; enjoyed a sustained tussle with the Silver Wokingham runner-up Burmese Waltz on seasonal reappearance at Kempton (6f); has previous form with Harry's Bar.

Form: 11024-2

(10)

Dream Shot¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: P J McDonald| T: J Tate| OR: 103| D

12/1

Ended his juvenile season in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Santa Anita (seventh of 12); fair C&D third (to Dubai Station) in the Group 3 Pavilion Stakes on seasonal reappearance, but this is a much stronger all age contest.

Form: 8227-33

Non-Runners

(11)

Brad The Brief¹⁹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: Tom Dascombe J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Mubakker (13/8), Major Jumbo (5/1), Chiefofchiefs (17/2), Judicial (9/1), Brando (9/1), Dream Shot (12/1), Shabaaby (14/1), Harry's Bar (14/1), Brad The Brief (14/1), Fox Champion (20/1), Keystroke (33/1), Shimmering Dawn (40/1)

Invincible Army was an authoritative winner of last year's Chipchase Stakes, so it could pay to 'row-in' with a horse who has solid related form lines with that aforementioned individual. Kevin Ryan's MAJOR JUMBO is a pacy type who could prove best suited to making the switch back to the AW (early career form figures of 1212). After a perfectly respectable seasonal reappearance third (Judicial second) in the 5f Palace House Stakes at Newmarket, he appeals as a value-based alternative to the upwardly mobile recent C&D winner Mubakker. Of the others, his top-rated stablemate Brando didn't do himself any favours with a tardy break from the stalls in the Abernant.