14:50 Thirsk

Saturday 4 September 2021

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Book Your Stay At Cliff Stud EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2)

Off time: 14:53 | Winning time: 1m 28.37s

(3)

Albegrey³²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby

150/1

Half-brother to useful 1¼m winner Highwaygrey and 1m winner Delgrey Boy. 80/1, seventh of 10 in maiden at Catterick (7f, good) on debut 32 days ago, very green, slowly away. One for next year.

Form: 7

(7)

Blenheim Boy¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey

12/1

85,000 gns yearling from good family. Should have learnt plenty from his first run in valuable York maiden (7f) a fortnight ago, green, taking strong hold and fading. Can improve a fair bit.

Form: 0

(6)

Give A Little Back

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: M Harley| T: A King

22/1

Foaled April 29. €17,000 yearling, 43,000 gns 2-y-o, Zelzal colt. Dam unraced out of winning half-sister to Breeders' Cup Classic winner Volponi. Suspect he'll come on for the run.

Form:

(2)

Hypersonical⁴⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: K R Burke

10/3

Very expensive breeze-up buy not seen to best effect after getting wiped out at the start in hot 7f Haydock novice 7 weeks ago. Could improve plenty. Well worth considering.

Form: 5

(4)

Jkr Cobbler^t1¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: A Mullen| T: I JardineWS

125/1

Little impact in 6f events. Has had a wind op and is tongue tied. Hard to fancy.

Form: 87

(9)

Killearn¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K Shoemark| T: C Hills

9/2

Has been very headstrong but has shown plenty in good 7f maidens at Goodwood and York. Likely to progress further, particularly once he learns to settle.

Form: 65

(8)

Oh Herberts Reign¹⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 81

7/4

Solid showing from the front when second in 7f Newbury maiden last month, but not so good in 6f sales race at York next time. Sets the standard on form with excellent 3 lb claimer up.

Form: 3526

(1)

Oliver's Army⁴⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods

20/1

Green but shaped well on debut at Redcar (7f) 7 weeks ago for Kevin Ryan. Should improve, here to stay a lot further in time.

Form: 6

(10)

Selfish Brian¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn

50/1

Good pedigree but looked one for the longer term on debut at Newcastle a fortnight ago, mid-division, left behind over 1f out.

Form: 5

(5)

Yellow Bear^t²²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Harrison Shaw| T: D Carroll

5/1

Tongue tied, 33/1, promise when neck second of 11 in C&D event 3 weeks ago, well positioned. Likely to improve and worth considering.

Form: 2

Forecasts

Oh Herberts Reign (7/4), Hypersonical (10/3), Killearn (9/2), Yellow Bear (5/1), Blenheim Boy (12/1), Oliver's Army (20/1), Give A Little Back (22/1), Selfish Brian (50/1), Jkr Cobbler (125/1), Albegrey (150/1)

BLENHEIM BOY is likely capable of a lot better than what he could show in a hot York maiden at the Ebor meeting and is chanced before market clues. Hypersonical is another who could improve in a big way, while Oh Herberts Reign sets a solid standard. Yellow Bear also demands respect.