16:20 Ripon

Thursday 6 August 2020

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Minster FM Novice Stakes

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 2m 35.22s

(1)

Jesse Jude³⁷³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Jason Hart| T: S G West

100/1

Well beaten on both Flat starts to date, and while he's shown some ability over hurdles, it would be a surprise to see him competitive back in this sphere.

Form: 97-

(9)

Allgold

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston

7/2

Golden Horn half-brother to 1¾m winner Hidden Depths and smart 6f/7f winner Miss Celestial, out of Musidora Stakes winner Liber Nauticus. Makes plenty of appeal on paper, for all this represents rather a late debut given his smart pedigree.

Form:

(4)

Finely Tuned²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: W Buick| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 81

2/7

Yet to win, but has run to a fairly useful level, and ran up to his best when 1¾L third of 7 to Revolver in a 1¾m handicap at Haydock last time. Has been found a good opportunity to shed his maiden status here.

Form: 535-523

(8)

Jervaulx¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gianluca Sanna⁽⁷⁾| T: J D Bethell

40/1

Better effort in similar races when sixth of 10 to Without A Fight at Redcar (1¼m) last time. Saddle slipped there, and better than the bare form, but still needs to improve markedly to play a part here.

Form: 8-6

(3)

Just The Ticket²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S Donohoe| T: E F Vaughan

9/1

Well beaten on debut at Yarmouth in June, but improved despite taking a strong hold when 14¼L sixth of 12 to Almighwar at Kempton last time. Can do better if settling, and has place claims here.

Form: 06

(7)

Kirby Underdale^t1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby

150/1

Half-brother to several winners, but was tailed off last on his racecourse bow at Redcar last month. Tongue tie added now, but makes scant appeal.

Form: 0

(6)

Teescomponentsfly⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Garritty⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Barron

50/1

By Shirocco out of a 1m winner. Finished 3¾L seventh of 9 to Arrow of Gold on debut at Thirsk, but that came in a slowly-run contest, and he may be flattered by his relative proximity as a result.

Form: 7

Non-Runners

(5)

Alessandro Allori

Weight: 9-12| Age: 5

T: W Storey J: P Mulrennan

(2)

Eternal Romantic⁴⁵

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: R A Fahey J: T Hamilton

Forecasts

Finely Tuned (2/7), Allgold (7/2), Just The Ticket (9/1), Eternal Romantic (16/1), Jervaulx (40/1), Teescomponentsfly (50/1), Alessandro Allori (50/1), Jesse Jude (100/1), Kirby Underdale (150/1)

Allgold has an excellent pedigree, and while this debut comes at a belated stage, he is in a very winnable race if ready to go, and merits a market check for signs of confidence. The percentage call in the absence of such market clues, however, is FINELY TUNED, who has run well in Class 4 handicaps on his last two starts, and is meeting much weaker opposition on the whole here. Just The Ticket needs to settle to fulfil his potential, but he has fairly solid place claims even on the form he showed at Kempton last time, and should do better still.