14:00 Epsom Downs

Friday 4 June 2021

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Cazoo Woodcote EBF Stakes (Conditions Race) (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 1m 12.02s

(6)

Blue Collar Lad⁴⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: David Probert| T: R Brisland

80/1

Novice winner over 5f at Bath in April. Similar form when third under a penalty over the same C&D and he has his work cut out in this company up in trip.

Form: 13

(1)

Dairerin²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M L W Bell

3/1

£26,000 breeze-up purchase. Won 8-runner minor event at Ripon (5f, good to soft) on debut and better form in defeat a week later when runner-up over 6f at Newbury. That is the best form on offer.

Form: 12

(7)

Dusky Prince⁴⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson

5/1

Strong in the betting and made no mistake in 9-runner maiden at Brighton starting out in April. That wasn't a deep race but he can leave bare form behind.

Form: 1

(4)

Flaming Rib²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: W Buick| T: Tom Dascombe

10/3

Shaped well when third starting out at Ripon and clearly derived plenty from that run as he caused a bit of an upset in a novice at Nottingham a month ago (good timefigure). 6f sure to suit.

Form: 31

(5)

Raging⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon

12/1

Made effort earlier than ideal when fourth at Bath on second start but delivered with perfect timing when landing 3-riner novice at Haydock last week. 6f should be well within reach.

Form: 241

(8)

Already Gone³⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: J F Egan| T: J S Moore

125/1

Very green when fifth of 7 in novice event at Goodwood a month ago and very hard to make a case for him.

Form: 5

(10)

Maybury¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S De Sousa| T: W Jarvis

33/1

Bred to need time and distance and merely hinted at ability on debut at Yarmouth 16 days ago.

Form: 8

(2)

Oscula¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Mark Crehan| T: G Boughey| D

15/2

Headed close home on debut at Kempton and put that experience to good use when making all at Brighton 11 days ago. Represents yard in excellent form and she's capable of better.

Form: 31

(3)

Sienna Bonnie²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman

6/1

Ready winner of a 6-runner novice at Bath on second outing last month. Fared as well as could be expected when mid-field in listed company soon after and this another tough assignment.

Form: 217

(9)

Zoltan Star²⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| BF

11/1

Well backed and offered plenty to work on when second in a Windsor novice (5f) in April, running on late. Sent off odds-on to win a maiden at Chester but could manage only third. Up in trip.

Form: 23

Forecasts

Dairerin (3/1), Flaming Rib (10/3), Dusky Prince (5/1), Sienna Bonnie (6/1), Oscula (15/2), Zoltan Star (11/1), Raging (12/1), Maybury (33/1), Blue Collar Lad (80/1), Already Gone (125/1)

Not a vintage Woodcote on paper, but DAIRERIN came up a nose shy of maintaining his unbeaten record at Newbury 3 weeks ago, and with the third successful since, the form looks solid. He's marginally preferred to easy Nottingham scorer Flaming Rib, with Dusky Prince perhaps the one open to most improvement.