Betway Novice Stakes

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 1m 17.56s

(3)

Craved¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Cieren Fallon| T: W J Haggas| D

2/9

Promising type. Won 6-runner minor event at Newcastle (6f, 6/5) 17 days ago, overcoming positional bias. Will take the beating.

Form: 31

(1)

Greyfire^t³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: A Mullen| T: T D Barron| OR: 71

11/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, second of 7 in minor event at this course (8.1f) 37 days ago, slowly away. Down in trip.

Form: 00-2

(2)

Inexplicable⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain

10/1

Twice-raced maiden. 28/1, first run since leaving James Tate when third of 4 in minor event at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 8 days ago, having run of race. Could get involved if handling fibresand.

Form: 8-3

Non-Runners

(5)

Catesby

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: S Dixon J: Jonathan Fisher

(4)

Chantreys²⁵

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: I Furtado J: Jason Hart

Forecasts

Craved (2/9), Greyfire (11/2), Inexplicable (10/1), Chantreys (10/1), Catesby (16/1)

CRAVED is difficult to oppose after his Newcastle win last month and as long as he handles the fibresand, he should be very hard to beat. Inexplicable is improving and he could give the favourite most to think about.