16:55 Newcastle

Monday 25 October 2021

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Betway Novice Stakes

Off time: 16:56 | Winning time: 2m 47.25s

(6)

Desert Emperor^t1¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: I Furtado| OR: 71| BF

7/4

Fairly useful gelding. 7/2, bit below form eighth of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 16 days ago. Up in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time. Each-way chance.

Form: 238448

(7)

Khilwafy³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: D Thompson

28/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. 10/1, fourth of 8 in bumper at Market Rasen (16.6f, good) 30 days ago.

Form:

(1)

Leopolds Rock¹⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: K Stott| T: P A Kirby

50/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. Last of 11 in novice hurdle (80/1) at Southwell (20.4f, soft) 153 days ago. Off 153 days.

Form:

(3)

Stockbridge Tap^t³⁹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: P J McDonald| T: E Bethell| OR: 72WS

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 8 in handicap at Haydock (14f, good to soft, 40/1). Off 13 months. Makes tapeta debut. One to consider.

Form: 3/2268-

(5)

Jordan Solar

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rowan Scott| T: Ewan Whillans

22/1

240,000 gns yearling, £13,000 3-y-o, Gleneagles gelding. Dam, 9f winner, half-sister to smart winner up to 1¼m Walkinthesand. One to note in the market.

Form:

(8)

Happy Go Lottie^t1¹¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: D Swift| T: P A KirbyWS

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 300/1, last of 10 in minor event at Wolverhampton (9.5f). Off 111 days. Significantly up in trip. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 80

(2)

Najeeba¹⁹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Hollie Doyle| T: H & R Charlton

6/5

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 9 in maiden at Newbury (10f, good, 11/1). Off 6 months. Up in trip. She should improve and looks the one to beat.

Form: 8-7

(9)

One Punch Terri²⁷⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Cieren Fallon| T: A Keatley

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, last of 8 in minor event at this course (7.1f). Off 9 months. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0-8

(4)

Perfect Country

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: George Scott

15/2

€40,000 yearling, Australia filly. Closely related to useful 1¼m-11.6f winner Thistimenextyear and half-sister to useful 9f-10.4f winner Danchai. Of some interest on debut.

Form:

Forecasts

Najeeba (6/5), Desert Emperor (7/4), Stockbridge Tap (7/1), Perfect Country (15/2), Jordan Solar (22/1), Khilwafy (28/1), Leopolds Rock (50/1), One Punch Terri (100/1), Happy Go Lottie (150/1)

This will not take much winning. NAJEEBA was last seen in a solid Newbury maiden in April and she wasn't beaten far on that occasion. It's likely she'll improve for the time off and the step up in trip so looks the one to side with. Perfect Country has a decent pedigree and she may be up to making an impact on debut. Desert Emperor looks the next best option.