17:20 Lingfield

Tuesday 22 September 2020

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Betway Novice Stakes

Off time: 17:24 | Winning time: 2m 5.96s

(4)

Desert Camp

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: S bin Suroor

5/1

425,000 gns yearling. Dam, 2-y-o 6f winner, half-sister to smart 1m winner Paris Winds out of useful winner up to 7f (including at 2 yrs) Lil's Jessy. Merits close attention in the betting.

Form:

(10)

French Minstrel

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Watson| T: W J Knight

50/1

25,000 gns foal, 55,000 gns yearling, Gutaifan colt. Dam 7f winner. Yard's newcomers typically come on for a run.

Form:

(8)

Galahad Threepwood¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Tom Marquand| T: M R Channon

25/1

Eighth of 10 in minor event at Goodwood (9.9f, good) on debut 14 days ago. Will need to leave that effort well behind in order to make an impact here.

Form: 8

(9)

Libbretta⁴⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Hollie Doyle| T: J E Long

40/1

Twice-raced maiden on Flat. Seventh of 14 in minor event (50/1) at Salisbury (9.9f, good to firm). Off 16 months and she's hard to warm to.

Form: 47-

(2)

Sold On Cyprus³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D C Costello| T: R Rowe

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Last of 13 in maiden on turf here (7.6f, good to firm, 200/1) 39 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Hard to envisage him playing a leading role.

Form: 00

(1)

Taameen⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: M Botti

6/1

Promising individual. 9/1, third of 10 in maiden at Haydock (7.2f, good) on debut 67 days ago, not ideally placed. First run for yard after leaving Charles Hills. Open to improvement.

Form: 3

(7)

Taqareer¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jim Crowley| T: J & T Gosden| BF

1/3

Promising sort. 2/1, second of 8 in minor event at Chelmsford City (8f) on debut 19 days ago. Stepping up in trip here looks a good move and he'll prove hard to beat.

Form: 2

(3)

Nightswimming²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: H Crouch| T: G & J Moore

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. Last of 7 in minor event (50/1) at Goodwood (8f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Up in trip. Likely to be seen in a better light in handicaps later on.

Form: 07

(6)

Pholas³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: K Shoemark| T: G Boughey

33/1

Twice-raced maiden. 66/1, fourth of 11 in minor event at Windsor (10f, soft) 36 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Amanda Perrett. Should do better in time.

Form: 04

(5)

Rovera

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Marco Ghiani⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs A J Perrett

40/1

€5,000 foal, £42,000 yearling. Half-sister to winner up to 9f Commander Girl. Dam unraced sister to smart winner up to 1½m (stayed 14.5f) Hazel Lavery. Likely to come on for the run.

Form:

Forecasts

Taqareer (1/3), Desert Camp (5/1), Taameen (6/1), Galahad Threepwood (25/1), Pholas (33/1), Libbretta (40/1), Rovera (40/1), French Minstrel (50/1), Nightswimming (125/1), Sold On Cyprus (250/1)

Frankel colt TAQAREER made a promising start to his career when splitting a couple of rivals with previous experience at Chelmsford recently and, with this step up in trip likely to help unlock improvement, he is confidently expected to go one better here. Taameen also shaped with plenty of encouragement on his introduction at Haydock and is clear next best ahead of newcomer Desert Camp.