18:35 Doncaster

Saturday 15 May 2021

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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Novice Stakes

Off time: 18:39 | Winning time: 1m 15.57s

(7)

Rogue Bear²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: J Mitchell| T: Tom Clover| CD

5/2

Made a winning debut over C&D (good to firm) 22 days ago, kept up to work. Open to progress.

Form: 1

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(4)

Little Muddy²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Nathan Evans| T: S Spencer

150/1

250/1, 7¾ lengths eighth of 9 to Rogue Bear on C&D debut 22 days ago. Likely booked for another struggle.

Form: 8

(2)

Abu Malek

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Garritty⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey

16/1

57,000 gns 2-y-o. Half-brother to 7f winner Winning Together. Dam unraced half-sister to very smart 6f winner Hitchens and smart 6f winner Tanzeel. Betting should guide to expectations.

Form:

(11)

Dulla Bhatti

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: M Dods

25/1

Iffraaj gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful winner up to 9.5f Local Time out of useful winner up to 1¼m (2-y-o 7f winner) Marie de Medici. Perhaps best watched unless betting hints otherwise.

Form:

(9)

General Sago¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara

5/1

Promise when placed in 2 outings over 6f this spring, the latter here. Likely he has more to offer.

Form: 32

(13)

Hello Zabeel⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: P Cosgrave| T: K A Ryan

11/8

Promising type. 7/1, second of 11 in novice at this course (7f, good) on debut 48 days ago, sticking to task. Should go better.

Form: 2

(3)

Ironside^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: N Mackay| T: J & T Gosden

33/1

Twice-raced maiden. 16/1 and cheekpieces added, fifth of 6 in maiden at Yarmouth (1m, good to firm) 18 days ago. Down 2f in trip.

Form: 05

(5)

Raffles Rebel³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: H Crouch| T: A Stronge

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixth of 11 in maiden (66/1) at Bath (5.7f, good) 39 days ago.

Form: 66

(8)

Val De Travers

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D Fentiman| T: L A Mullaney

80/1

Swiss Spirit gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to smart 6f winner Gathering Power. Likely outsider on debut.

Form:

(6)

Caprese Girl¹¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey

80/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 8 in novice at Southwell (7f), not knocked about. Off 118 days. More needed.

Form: 6-4

(10)

Keepherlit⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Rowan Scott| T: N Tinkler

80/1

40/1, seventh of 13 in maiden at Ripon (6f, good to soft) on debut 8 days ago, not knocked about. Should do better but probably more one for further down the line.

Form: 7

(1)

Maajdah²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Liam Jones| T: W J Haggas| BF

15/2

5/2, better than result when down field on 7f Newbury debut, fading after showing speed. 6f could suit on that evidence and very interesting to see how she compares in betting to Skyrunner.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(12)

Skyrunner²¹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: W J Haggas J: David Egan

Forecasts

Hello Zabeel (11/8), Rogue Bear (5/2), Skyrunner (11/4), General Sago (5/1), Maajdah (15/2), Abu Malek (16/1), Dulla Bhatti (25/1), Ironside (33/1), Caprese Girl (80/1), Keepherlit (80/1), Val De Travers (80/1), Little Muddy (150/1), Raffles Rebel (200/1)

The shorter trip asks a different question of SKYRUNNER but he's made a good start for his top stable and may be capable of defying the penalty. Hello Zabeel can build on his opening effort here and play a prominent role again, while the selection's stablemate Maajdah was better than the result on her debut and could easily leave that run well behind.