Eddie And Violet Smith Conditions Stakes

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 1m 2.89s

(5)

Aljady^p²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Charles Bishop| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 107| D

11/10

Has quickly progressed into a smart sprinter for this yard, making it 3 wins in only 5 starts when pulling well clear in Sandown handicap last month. Every chance of another win.

Form: 5-13171

(1)

Caspian Prince^t⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 9-10| J: Josephine Gordon| T: M Appleby| OR: 100| CD

11/2

Evergreen sprinter who won the Gosforth Park Cup in June and went in again when making all at Yarmouth (5f, firm) 6 days ago. Won this race in 2016.

Form: 610731

(4)

Orvar¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: J Fanning| T: P T Midgley| OR: 89| CD

8/1

Won this in 2018. Latest win at Chester in August. Met some trouble when ninth of 21 in handicap at Doncaster (5.6f, good to firm) 10 days ago and likely he's still in form.

Form: 300519

(2)

Ornate³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 99| CD

9/4

C&D winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2019 but third to Battaash at Goodwood in July shows he's still capable of smart form on his day. Also a respectable fifth in Newbury Group 3 at weekend.

Form: 306375

(3)

Secretinthepark^b⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 9-0| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 80| CD

66/1

Fairly useful former C&D winner but recent efforts short of best and faces a stiff task on these terms anyway.

Form: 0-22060

(6)

Latin Five⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: K Stott| T: P T Midgley| OR: 91

40/1

Fairly useful in Ireland for Joseph O'Brien. Joined a yard which does very well with sprinters but improvement will be required if he's to go close here.

Form: 3-00046

Forecasts

Aljady (11/10), Ornate (9/4), Caspian Prince (11/2), Orvar (8/1), Latin Five (40/1), Secretinthepark (66/1)

A useful conditions event in which the thriving ALJADY is taken to notch a fourth win of the season. Ornate should find this a bit easier than the pattern races he's contested in recent starts and can provide the chief threat ahead of last week's Yarmouth scorer Caspian Prince.