17:45 Kempton

Wednesday 21 September 2022

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Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:50 | Winning time: 1m 26.39s

(5)

Zu Run³⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-11| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Balding| D

2/1

Zoustar colt who showed the benefit of his initial outing when scoring in good style in a 7f Chelmsford novice 36 days ago, drawing clear inside final 1f. Open to further improvement and should be in the mix despite carrying a penalty.

Form: 51

(10)

Andarax

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Benoit D L Sayette⁽³⁾| T: J & T Gosden

7/1

Foaled April 25. 125,000 gns yearling, New Bay colt. Half-brother to winner up to 7f Specialmente and 7f winner Lady Maeve. Dam, maiden (stayed 1m), half-sister to useful winner up to 7f Nargys. Makes plenty paper appeal.

Form:

(11)

Banddar^h1¹¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: D Tudhope| T: S bin Suroor| BF

7/2

Twice-raced maiden. 13/8, disappointed bearing in mind debut promise when ninth of 10 in maiden at Haydock (6f, good), folding having led until under 2f out. Off 4 months/gelded and a first-time hood goes on today.

Form: 59

(13)

Blue Universe

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: R Kingscote| T: C & M Johnston

33/1

Foaled March 10. Iffraaj colt. Half-brother to 9f winner Zookeeper and useful 2-y-o 7f/1m winner Fleur d'Iris. Dam winner up to 9f in Brazil. Check betting.

Form:

(1)

Dark Jade³⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: T E Whelan| T: H & R Charlton

12/1

Twice-raced maiden. Disappointed bearing in mind debut promise when seventh of 10 in maiden (7/2) at Windsor (6f, firm) 37 days ago, off the bridle long way out. Worth another chance.

Form: 47

(8)

Dartman²⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: J P Spencer| T: B J Meehan

16/1

Promising individual. Improved from debut when third of 7 in minor event (22/1) at Newmarket (7f, good to soft) 26 days ago. A fair bit about him physically, he should improve further.

Form: 53

(6)

Lord Uhtred⁶⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: David Egan| T: C Hills| BF

9/4

Promising individual. Matched debut effort over a slightly longer trip when second of 6 in minor event (8/11) at Haydock (7f, good to firm) 67 days ago, headed final strides having edged ahead last ½f. Should have more to offer and fancied to go very close today.

Form: 32

(9)

Rebellious Spirit^b¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: L P Keniry| T: C G Cox

150/1

20/1 and blinkered, made a discouraging debut when last of 8 in minor event at Chepstow (7.1f, good to soft) 13 days ago, struggling before halfway. Needs to leave that effort well behind.

Form: 8

(12)

Dee's Dream³²

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Rob Hornby| T: M J Attwater

100/1

Showed a bit having been held back by inexperience early when fifth of 8 in minor event at Lingfield (8f, AW, 40/1) on debut 32 days ago, merely closing up late.

Form: 5

(3)

La Mujer

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: P Cosgrave| T: George Baker

80/1

Foaled April 12. €55,000 2-y-o, Saxon Warrior filly. Dam 6f-7f winner.

Form:

(7)

Natacata¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen| T: Sir Mark Prescott

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, didn’t show much more than on debut when eleventh of 12 in minor event at Leicester (7f, good) 15 days ago. One for the longer term.

Form: 70

Non-Runners

(2)

Cherryhawk

Weight: 8-13| Age: 2

T: D J S Ffrench Davis J: Alistair Rawlinson

(4)

Ghibelline

Weight: 8-13| Age: 2

T: R Hannon J: S Hitchcott

Forecasts

Zu Run (2/1), Lord Uhtred (9/4), Banddar (7/2), Andarax (7/1), Dark Jade (12/1), Ghibelline (12/1), Dartman (16/1), Blue Universe (33/1), La Mujer (80/1), Dee's Dream (100/1), Rebellious Spirit (150/1), Natacata (200/1), Cherryhawk (200/1)

Cases can be made for plenty but LORD UHTRED matched his debut effort when runner-up at Haydock in July, and with improvement on the cards now switched to a synthetic surface, he's fancied to make it third time lucky. Zu Run scored in impressive fashion at Chelmsford last month so he heads up the opposition, while Andarax and Ghibelline both look newcomers to note.