13:40 Newbury

Sunday 19 July 2020

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bet365 EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10)

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 1m 12.58s

(9)

Aesthete³⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M L W Bell

18/1

Muhaarar colt; half-brother to the 2017 Ascot Gold Cup winner Big Orange; beaten 7½L (fourth of six) on Newmarket debut (6f, good) - third-placed Final Voyage was a recent Chelmsford scorer.

Form: 4

(7)

Alkumait

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: M Dwyer| T: M P Tregoning

7/1

150,000gns foal, 220,000gns yearling; fourth foal from the Italian sprinter Suelita (5f-6f); half-brother to two winners; retained rider Jim Crowley opts to take the mount aboard the Muhaarar colt Mujbar.

Form:

(1)

Babajan⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Watson| T: R Hannon

8/1

Acclamation colt (£80,000 yearling); dam was a 1m3f winner in Scandinavia; could only finish seventh of nine (22-1) in a soft-ground 7f Newmarket maiden last week; stablemate of the newcomer Pure Dreamer.

Form: 7

(2)

Bearaway

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S M Levey| T: H Morrison

9/1

Kodiac colt (115,000gns yearling) from a modest dam who was out of a 1m2f Grp 2 winner; closely related to Windfast (6f-7f, inc Listed) and Jive Lady (5f), as well as a half-brother to three other winners.

Form:

(8)

Bhubezi

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton

18/1

Starspangledbanner colt (£40,000 yearling); first foal from the 1m-1m1f winner Lulani; others thought more likely to play a prominent role.

Form:

(3)

Line Of Departure^b¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: David Egan| T: R Varian

9/2

£260,000 yearling; has earned a BHA official rating of 74 after a couple of reasonable efforts at Haydock (6f) - possibly found wanting by soft ground latest; thought vulnerable to a less exposed rival.

Form: 35

(4)

Mujbar

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Jim Crowley| T: C Hills

3/1

Muhaarar colt; fifth foal from the 6f juvenile winner Madany; winning siblings include Massaat (7f Grp 2), Eqtidaar (6f Grp 1) and Hathiq (5f-6f); the chosen mount of retained rider Jim Crowley.

Form:

(10)

My Next Guest³³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Thomas Greatrex⁽³⁾| T: H & R Charlton

50/1

Muhaarar colt (65,000gns yearling); third foal from a US winner (1m-1m1f); failed to excel (28-1) on debut at Windsor (6f, good) last month; needs to leave that opening effort firmly behind.

Form: 0

(5)

Pure Dreamer

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon

7/1

Oasis Dream colt (50,000gns vendor yearling); second foal from a mare who was closely related to the 1m2½f Grp 3 winner Goncharova; half-brother to the Japanese 5f winner Zofapi; stablemate of Babajan.

Form:

(6)

Royal Scimitar

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: L P Keniry| T: C G Cox

11/1

Territories colt (80,000gns yearling); first foal from an unraced sister to the 6f Grp 2 winner Alhebayeb; trainer has regularly featured among the winners over the past fortnight or so; market helpful.

Form:

(11)

Surprise Picture^b¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Harry Bentley| T: H Palmer

14/1

Kodiac colt; sister to the 6f-1m3f winner Sand Skier; was beaten 5L (fourth of six) by the front-running Ventura Tormenta (4-6f) on debut in a Yarmouth novice (6f, good to firm).

Form: 4

Forecasts

Mujbar (3/1), Line Of Departure (9/2), Alkumait (7/1), Pure Dreamer (7/1), Babajan (8/1), Bearaway (9/1), Royal Scimitar (11/1), Surprise Picture (14/1), Aesthete (18/1), Bhubezi (18/1), My Next Guest (50/1)

More than half of these juveniles (six of the eleven declared runners) have yet to visit a racecourse, and the benchmark for those who have raced isn't set particularly high by the 74-rated Line Of Departure. Hamdan Al Maktoum is responsible for two of the newcomers, with retained rider Jim Crowley preferring the well-related Muhaarar colt MUJBAR to the 220,000gns yearling Alkumait. In the absence of a great deal of other pertinent information that must form the most logical building block in seeking the likeliest winner.