18:00 Wolverhampton

Saturday 4 September 2021

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School Of Rock September Grand Theatre Novice Stakes

Off time: 18:02 | Winning time: 1m 27.91s

(6)

Barney Too

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: T Eaves| T: L Williamson

250/1

Mazameer gelding. Dam unraced. Make little appeal on paper.

Form:

(10)

Unique Cut^h²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R Coakley| T: S & E Crisford| D

6/1

Stepped up on debut when won 10-runner minor event (9/4) at Salisbury (7f, good) 23 days ago. More on his plate under a penalty, though.

Form: 31

(8)

Alafdhal¹¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Grace McEntee⁽⁵⁾| T: P S McEntee

28/1

Fair gelding. Ninth of 13 in maiden (13/1) at Compiegne (9f, good). Off 115 days. First run for yard after leaving F. Head.

Form: 89

(5)

Clownsman³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽⁵⁾| T: T Ward

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 10 in maiden at Bath (5.7f, good to firm, 100/1) 31 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 97

(11)

Mc'ted¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Harry Burns⁽⁵⁾| T: J Parr

40/1

Twice-raced maiden. 18/1, sixth of 13 in minor event at Kempton (7f) 10 days ago, never nearer. Needs to improve.

Form: 66

(12)

Old Flame¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Shepherd| T: R M Beckett| BF

10/11

Highly promising individual. Fourth of 11 in minor event (evens) at Kempton (8f) on debut 15 days ago. Open to significant improvement and looks well capable of opening his account.

Form: 4

(3)

Pyrrhos

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Joshua Bryan| T: T Ward

22/1

Twilight Son gelding. Dam, 5.7f-7f winner, half-sister to useful 6f-7f winner Kostar. Bred to be speedy and worth a market check.

Form:

(9)

Shamadaan¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hunt

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 13 in minor event (400/1) at Kempton (7f) 10 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 98

(7)

Shobiz⁴¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: David Egan| T: C Hills| OR: 79| BF

9/2

Twice-raced maiden. Third of 9 in maiden at Chepstow (6.1f, good to firm, 8/13). Off 13 months. Debut was promising, but long absence is an obvious concern.

Form: 23-

(1)

Lady Iris⁴⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Aled Beech⁽⁵⁾| T: D Shaw

250/1

Modest filly. 50/1, ninth of 12 in maiden at Compiegne (8f, good). Off 15 months. First run for yard after leaving Francis-Henri Graffard.

Form: 9-

(2)

Dubai Hope²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Sean Kirrane⁽⁵⁾| T: S bin Suroor

7/2

Promising sort. 7/4, third of 9 in minor event at Kempton (7f) on debut 24 days ago. Open to improvement, so makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 3

(4)

Title Track¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: J P Fahy| T: C G Cox

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 11 in minor event at Kempton (8f, 28/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 6-7

Forecasts

Old Flame (10/11), Dubai Hope (7/2), Shobiz (9/2), Unique Cut (6/1), Pyrrhos (22/1), Alafdhal (28/1), Mc'ted (40/1), Clownsman (50/1), Title Track (100/1), Shamadaan (250/1), Barney Too (250/1), Lady Iris (250/1)

OLD FLAME and Dubai Hope have above-average pedigrees and arrive on the back of encouraging debuts, so they're expected to dominate this novice, with marginal preference for the former, who was heavily supported before looking very green at Kempton. Shobiz looks the pick of the remainder.