13:35 Leicester

Saturday 23 April 2022

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Madri Excepcional Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 1m 1.57s

(7)

Al Dasim

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox

15/8

Foaled April 11. £50,000 yearling, Harry Angel colt. Half-brother to several winners, including smart 7f winner Tashweeq, useful winner up to 6f Kasbah and useful winner up to 1¼m Hms President. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

(1)

Al Khazneh

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P Cosgrave| T: S bin Suroor

5/1

Foaled April 3. Exceed And Excel colt. Dam 11f/1½m winner. Highly respected on debut.

Form:

(3)

I Still Have Faith

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: R Kingscote| T: Ian Williams

12/1

Foaled April 12. £46,000 yearling, Expert Eye colt. Closely related to useful 2-y-o 7f winner Ibiza Rocks and half-brother to 7f winner No More Thrills.

Form:

(6)

Kingsbury

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: David Probert| T: R Brisland

12/1

Foaled April 4. £5,500 yearling, Bungle Inthejungle colt. Dam, maiden (best effort at 7f), sister to smart winner up to 1½m Moriarty.

Form:

(5)

Match Play

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan

8/1

Foaled February 20. Dandy Man colt. Half-brother to 2-y-o 5f winner She Can Dance and useful winner up to 7.5f Identified. Respected.

Form:

(2)

Sunny Orange

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R M Beckett

2/1

Foaled March 1. 70,000 gns foal, Expert Eye colt. Dam, 6f/7f winner, half-sister to useful winner up to 1m Go For Goal. Newcomers from yard often fancied.

Form:

(4)

Secret Mistral

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: George Downing| T: A W Carroll

40/1

Foaled March 20. Pearl Secret filly. Dam winner up to 6f (2-y-o 5f winner). Others preferred.

Form:

Non-Runners

(8)

Twayblade

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: C A Dwyer J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Al Dasim (15/8), Sunny Orange (2/1), Al Khazneh (5/1), Match Play (8/1), Kingsbury (12/1), I Still Have Faith (12/1), Twayblade (33/1), Secret Mistral (40/1)

A field of newcomers and the market should offer further clues, but AL DASIM makes plenty of appeal on paper and his stable sent out a recent juvenile winner. Al Khazneh is bound to be popular for Godolphin, though his dam was a middle-distance winner. Sunny Orange is another likely sort.