EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 1m 11.93s

(1)

Canmore¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Louis Steward| T: D M Simcock

28/1

Twice-raced maiden. 40/1, seventh of 13 in novice at Windsor (6f, good to firm) 12 days ago, not knocked about. Looks one for handicaps after this.

Form: 57

(2)

Harb²⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston

1/1

Promising sort. Second of 8 in C&D maiden 28 days ago. More to come and taken to go one better now.

Form: 52

(4)

Ikhtiraaq²⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Ray Dawson| T: Owen Burrows

10/11

9/2, second of 10 in novice at Salisbury (6f, good) on debut 29 days ago, keeping on after slow start left him with plenty to so. Open to improvement.

Form: 2

(5)

Superstar Dj¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Angus Villiers⁽⁵⁾| T: R Spencer

33/1

28/1, seventh of 9 in novice at Newmarket (6f, good) on debut 12 days ago. Needs to have come on a lot.

Form: 7

(3)

Quella Speranza¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Ryan Tate| T: Sir Mark Prescott

200/1

Well held in 2 outings over 5f last month and handicaps are likely to be more her thing.

Form: 87

Forecasts

Ikhtiraaq (10/11), Harb (1/1), Canmore (28/1), Superstar Dj (33/1), Quella Speranza (200/1)

It's highly likely this will develop into a straight fight between promising Shadwell pair HARB and Ikhtiraaq, with the former's previous experience over this C&D just tipping things in his favour.