Winners Wear House Of Cavani British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:42 | Winning time: 1m 41.0s

(2)

Imperial Emperor²⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: James Doyle| T: C Appleby| D

1/3

Dubawi colt. Brother to useful 1m-1¼m winner First Ruler. Dam, 1¼m-1½m winner, half-sister to top-class winner up to 1½m Ghaiyyath. Won 6-runner maiden (13/8) at Newmarket (8f, good) on debut, well on top finish. Off 8 months. Has plenty of scope to improve.

Form: 1-

(6)

Battista^h¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden

5/1

32,000 gns yearling, New Bay colt. Half-brother to useful 11.6f winner Valsad. Dam, 1½m/12.4f winner, half-sister to smart winner up to 10.3f El Drama. Hooded, fourth of 12 in novice event (7/1) at Kempton (7f) on debut 17 days ago, not knocked about. Likely to improve.

Form: 4

(1)

Sniper's Eye³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Callum Shepherd| T: D M Simcock

8/1

Quite an expensive purchase from the Breeze-Ups and showed plenty to work on both starts, fourth of 13 in maiden at Newmarket (10f, good, 14/1) 36 days ago, a fast forward move flattening out as his inexperience shone through. Should have more to offer.

Form: 44

(3)

Moonspirit

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: P Cosgrave| T: G Boughey

14/1

£52,000 3-y-o, Kingman filly. Closely related to winner up to 9.5f Local Time and 1m/8.6f winner Wings of Time and half-sister to 3 winners, including useful 1¼m winner Extra Mile. Dam winner up to 1¼m (2-y-o 7f winner).

Form:

(5)

O'Mhaire²⁸³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Dylan Hogan| T: R Eddery

200/1

Scorpion filly. Dam 2-y-o 5f winner (should have stayed 1m). 250/1, last of 11 in maiden at Yarmouth (7f, good) on debut, slowly away. Off 9 months.

Form: 0-

(4)

Pretty Peg¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Alec Voikhansky⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hannon

40/1

€15,000 foal, €55,000 yearling, Awtaad filly. Dam unraced half-sister to smart 1½m winner Battalion. 9/1, fifth of 12 in novice at Lingfield (7f, AW) on debut 14 days ago.

Form: 5

Forecasts

Imperial Emperor (1/3), Battista (5/1), Sniper's Eye (8/1), Moonspirit (14/1), Pretty Peg (40/1), O'Mhaire (200/1)

IMPERIAL EMPEROR looked a good prospect when scoring with plenty in hand on debut at Newmarket in October so is taken to defy a penalty and extend his unbeaten record. Sniper's Eye shaped really well when fourth on the Rowley Mile 5 weeks ago so rates a serious threat, while Battista can be expected to leave his Kempton debut behind.