19:30 Windsor

Monday 1 August 2022

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Bet Close and Personal With Fitzdares Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 2m 5.59s

(7)

Oriole¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Rob Hornby| T: R M Beckett| D

5/1

Twice-raced winner. Won 5-runner minor event (3/1) at Leicester (10f, good) 18 days ago, cosily. Should have more to offer and respected despite having a penalty.

Form: 41

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(2)

Auyouni^b1¹¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden

16/1

Siyouni filly. Dam, 2-y-o 7f winner, half-sister to top-class winner up to 1½m (Derby/Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe) Golden Horn. 16/1, fifth of 10 in maiden at Newmarket (8f, good) on debut. Off 111 days. Up in trip. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 5

(6)

Dame Ethel Smyth

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Benoit D L Sayette⁽³⁾| T: J & T Gosden

14/1

Golden Horn filly. Half-sister to several winners, including Japanese 2-y-o 6f/7f winner Orthographe and 2-y-o 1m winner Poetique.

Form:

(1)

Graph⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: T E Whelan| T: H & R Charlton

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. 22/1, eighth of 10 in maiden at Newbury (12f, good to soft) 62 days ago. Better effort on debut, but still more needed.

Form: 68

(3)

Primi Ordinis²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: K Shoemark| T: E Walker

13/2

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 9 in minor event (22/1) at Ffos Las (8f, good) 27 days ago, nearest finish. Back up in trip. Open to further progress.

Form: 04

(4)

Shampion^h¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Varian

7/2

From a great family. Promising individual. 3/1 and hooded for 1st time, better effort when second of 5 in minor event at Haydock (8f, good to firm) 16 days ago. Up in trip. Should improve further.

Form: 4-2

(5)

Spanish^t⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas

6/5

Promising sort. Better effort when fourth of 12 in minor event at Newbury (8f, good, 8/1) 53 days ago. Up in trip. Will take the beating.

Form: 34

(8)

Sunstone⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: R Kingscote| T: Sir Michael Stoute

40/1

Pivotal filly. Sister to smart winner up to 1m Hot Snap, closely related to 1m winner Sun Tide. Dam 11f winner. Hooded, ninth of 10 in maiden at Nottingham (8.3f, good, 13/2) on debut 47 days ago. Needs big step forward.

Form: 9

Forecasts

Spanish (6/5), Shampion (7/2), Oriole (5/1), Primi Ordinis (13/2), Dame Ethel Smyth (14/1), Auyouni (16/1), Graph (25/1), Sunstone (40/1)

An interesting novice, and the most interesting runner is SPANISH, who sets the standard on her Newbury fourth and is open to further improvement over this longer trip. Penalised-winner Oriole is respected as well, as is the well-bred Shampion.