20:05 Wolverhampton

Friday 31 July 2020

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Final Furlong Podcast Novice Stakes

Off time: 20:08 | Winning time: 2m 40.84s

(1)

Merry Yarn^h³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A King

40/1

Fair fourth in a 1m3f novice race at Kempton last month but finished well beaten upped to 1m4f in a similar event at the same venue subsequently. Others make more appeal.

Form: 48

(8)

Gms Princess^t1²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Raul Da Silva| T: Sarah Hollinshead| OR: 43

200/1

Struggled in both starts this campaign most recently when 20L seventh over 1m4f in a classified event at Catterick (good-to-soft) at the start of this month. Wears a tongue tie for the first time.

Form: 0068-87

(2)

Brilliant Light²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Shepherd| T: S bin Suroor

5/6

Showed good form when finishing runner-up in a 1m2f novice race at Newbury (good-to-soft) when making his debut earlier this month. Strong claims of going one better for top connections.

Form: 2

(7)

Byron Hill

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S Donohoe| T: C Fellowes

25/1

Unraced Kingston Hill colt purchased for €27,000 at the sales as a yearling. Half-brother to multiple winner Dominus and market support would be notable on first racecourse appearance.

Form:

(3)

Crystal Pegasus²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Cieren Fallon⁽³⁾| T: Sir Michael Stoute| OR: 89| BF

6/4

Placed on four of his five starts so far including when runner-up over 1m2f at Pontefract (good-to-firm) last time out. Likely to prove hard to beat on his first attempt at this distance.

Form: 326-32

(10)

Daafy¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: R Havlin| T: E A L Dunlop

80/1

Struggled in two starts to date most recently when 23L fourth in a small field 1m2f novice race at Leicester (good-to-firm) a fortnight ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 84

(6)

Raased

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: H Crouch| T: S bin Suroor

15/2

Unraced Teofilo gelding and a half-brother to winners Estijlaa and Loolwah. Represents a good yard and is an interesting runner on racecourse debut.

Form:

(5)

Relativity^p³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: H J L Dunlop

125/1

Well beaten on both starts so far including when 27L ninth in first time cheekpieces (retained) over 1m2f at Chepstow (good) last month. Minor role likely upped in trip.

Form: 8-9

(4)

Well Planted

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D Nolan| T: J & S Quinn

50/1

Unraced Planteur gelding bought for €46,000 as a two-year-old last November. Half-brother to winner Juninha but is probably best watched on first racecourse appearance.

Form:

(9)

Yorktown

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J Mitchell| T: D M Simcock

20/1

Unraced Free Eagle colt sold for 72,000 gns at the sales as a yearling. Half-brother to a number of multiple winners including Mordin and he is an interesting runner on debut.

Form:

Forecasts

Brilliant Light (5/6), Crystal Pegasus (6/4), Raased (15/2), Yorktown (20/1), Byron Hill (25/1), Merry Yarn (40/1), Well Planted (50/1), Daafy (80/1), Relativity (125/1), Gms Princess (200/1)

CRYSTAL PEGASUS sets the standard on form and he can put his experience to good use to get off the mark in this novice event. The selection is tackling this trip for the first time and he can see off Brilliant Light who finished runner-up on debut recently. Third place can go the way of the newcomer Yorktown who was a relatively expensive purchase as a yearling.