15:35 Newmarket

Wednesday 13 April 2022

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bet365 Craven Stakes (Group 3)

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 1m 35.91s

(4)

Claymore¹⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A Kirby| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| C

12/1

Relatively cheap Breeze-Up purchase who made an impresssive start when landing a C&D novice with ease in October. Longer trip should suit, so he's very much one to consider.

Form: 1-

(2)

Hoo Ya Mal^h²¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Marco Ghiani| T: A M Balding| OR: 105| BF

20/1

Upwardly-mobile colt who bagged York maiden before beaten a nose by Noble Truth in 7f listed race at Doncaster 7 months ago. Likely to do better still this year, so hard to rule out on reappearance.

Form: 312-

(1)

Kingmax⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Rossa Ryan| T: D Loughnane| OR: 86| D

40/1

Showed promise for Roger Varian last year and stepped up markedly when bolting up in a novice at Kempton in March. That form looks solid and there's more to come, so can't be completely dismissed.

Form: 22-1

(5)

Native Trail¹⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: W Buick| T: C Appleby| OR: 122| C

1/4

Unbeaten in 4 starts, looking all class as a juvenile and hammering home the point with a snug victory in the Dewhurst Stakes here when last seen 6 months ago. Well fancied for the 2000 Guineas, so would be most disappointing if he met with defeat for the first time in this.

Form: 1111-

(6)

Star Of India¹⁷²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: R L Moore| T: A P O'Brien

9/1

Bred to be talented and wasn't hard pressed to make a successful start at Leopardstown last autumn. Significant that his powerful yard have picked him out for this, so dangerous to dismiss.

Form: 1-

(7)

Zechariah²⁰⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Rob Hornby| T: M Meade| OR: 103| D

25/1

Quickly developed into a useful performer last term and may well be more forward than some on reappearance. He's likely to come up short for ability, though.

Form: 6811-

Non-Runners

(3)

Al Mubhir¹⁹³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: W J Haggas J: Tom Marquand

Forecasts

Native Trail (1/4), Star Of India (9/1), Claymore (12/1), Al Mubhir (14/1), Hoo Ya Mal (20/1), Zechariah (25/1), Kingmax (40/1)

NATIVE TRAIL is head and shoulders above the others in form terms and is fully expected to make a winning return ahead of a tilt at the 2000 Guineas, for which he already holds excellent claims. Star of India and Claymore both arrive on the back of impressive debut wins last year, so there's more to come from that pair.